Alentejo is Portugal’s massive, sun-drenched powerhouse. Bold, fruit-forward reds that offer the best value-to-quality ratio in the country.
It´s in bottles of red, of white, in boxes… it´s everywhere and it´s €2.20, €2.49, you get the idea. So is Real Lavrador from Adega de Redondo in the Alentejo region the Barefoot equivalent in Portugal or something you can…
This Alentejo white is light and easy and always under €3. It´s a little fruity and a little more citrusy, so good for fish, afternoons outside, and less so for punchier-flavored meals.
This Alentejo red is big and not fruity, not dry either. Usually €4.99 it did a bumper crop last year and is often on sale for almost half list price. Do you like cake? Vanilla? OK then get this one.
Porta da Ravessa Colheita Especial Branco is a typical (yes, also especial) white from Adega de Redondo in Portugal’s Alentejo region. Alentejo whites are known for being soft, fruity, often with citrus and orchard fruit flavours rather than sharp minerality…
This one´s misleading. The score, the price; many people go right to this label as their Cheapgood. It´s at every outdoor ad hoc gathering and it´s remarkably, amazingly drinkable for the price. Well done, Pine Hill.