Portugal

Pale gold with an intense and complex aroma of ripe golden fruit, blending tropical aromas with crystallized orange, plus hints of spices. On the palate is full bodied with a mature luscious tone and finishes with a balanced freshness and a long lasting finish.

Quality 10 year old Tawny in a smart 50cl bottle, Tawny port is handy as it doesn`t require decanting. "The brightness of this wine comes across in a glaze of sweetness, like the brutlée on the top of the crème.

Madeira is a fortified wine that depends upon heat and evaporation to createconsistent long lasting styles. The must is fortified, either to arrest fermentation for a Malmsey or a Bual, or later in the fermentation process, in the case of Sercial or Verdelho before undergoing its own very special maturation.

This is a very refreshing, high acid Alvarinho from Portugal. The nose and palate show notes of citrus fruits and a nice floral character.

An easy drinking and full bodied wine from Portugal, which has delicious soft fruit flavours of raspberries and redcurrants. The wine is made from selected Portuguese grapes with the addition of Shiraz and this is evident from the superb balance between smooth, ripe fruit and youthful freshness.

A delightfully floral, dry white Vinho Verde made from a single local varietal `Loureiro`. There is a fine, subtle spritz enhancing the fresh and lively palate, whilst green apple and lemon zest flavours linger on the finish.

Powerful aromatic bouquet. Dark berry fruits on the nose and mouth. Great layers of complexity and flavour. Plump raisin, spice, eucalyptus notes as well as the berry fruit flavours. An elegant and finely balanced wine.

Voluptiously rich fruit, mouthfilling with density and grip, toned balance and great complexity.

Beautifully structured and perfectly balanced, Guimaraens Vintage Ports show Fonseca’s superb marriage of power and breed.

Great intensity of fruit on the nose. Pungent, fresh, plum and jam aromas. Excellent volume, wonderful mouthfilling wine. Fruit flavours on the mouth are also strong and fresh. raspberry, cherry, black plum. Good tannic structure. Long flavoursome finish.

Sercial is the driest style of madeira and exhibits mouthwatering acidity. Golden orange in colour, the wine displays vivid floral aromas, with nuts and dried orange peel on the palate. This is a complex wine with balanced acidity and a lengthy finish.

Light tawny colour, flavours of dry fruits and hints of citrus fruits. Medium weight in the mouth, elegant and long on the finish.

This is a very youthful LBV, dark in colour with notes of red fruit, chocolate and spice on the nose. The palate adds an extra dimension and shows notes of rich mocha, black cherry and strawberry. Oak ageing adds a hint of vanilla.

The grapes were partially destemmed before treading by foot in the traditional lagars, a hallmark of Quinta do Infantado wines. Fermentation is long at Infantado, producing drier wines, some of the wine was aged in tank and some in oak barrel of various sizes and ages.

A blend of Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro & Aragonez, this is a beautifully made, full bodied wine with intense flavours and lots of red fruit and complex layers.The finish is long and fresh. Really good value for this high quality Portuguese red.

Deep garnet in colour. Concentrated & complex. Fine tannins & fresh acidity provide an elegant structure that carries a long minerally finish

Baby Mouchao A blend of Alicante Bouschet, Trincadeira and Aragonez, vinified in Lagares in the traditional way and aged in large wooden vats with a proportion in barrels for 12 months and released after a further 6 months in bottle. A fantastic fruity, full bodied wine with stacks of ripe black fruit and hints of vanilla. Terrific value for money!

With a slightly lighter and more subtle style thanthe main wine Mouchão. It is made from Alicante Bouschet, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca and Shiraz, also trodden and fermented in lagares. It ages in 300 liters French oak barrels for up to 24 months. It remains in bottle for 12 months before release. This is a big, ripe and fruity wine.

If there’s a red grape which really excites me from Alentejo it’s Alicante Bouschet. The masters of the genre? Without question, Herdade do Mouchão. A lift of sappy eucalypt to its richly-scented, vinous nose and palate which reveals kid glove leather, violets, warm earth and intense cherry, bilberry and damson fruit.