Portuguese Red
Portuguese Red is a catch-all category of traditional Portuguese red varieties. Examples of these wines include Tinta Barroca, Tinta Cão, Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, among others. You can use Wine Enthusiast’s online Buying Guide to find the top-rated Portuguese Red wines among our extensive Portuguese Red wine reviews and easy-to-use database. Our Portuguese Red reviews will give you a general idea what to expect from wines made from Portuguese Red, and will help you find one that best suits your needs.
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Mouchão 2002 Red (Alentejano)
- Cellar Selection
- $46
The legendary Mouchão, one of Portugal’s most revered wines, has finally made it to this country. Made in traditional open stone fermenters, this is not a modern wine. It’s a wine, whose dark tannins and dense fruits demand attention and time. At this stage—six years in—it remains a baby, but in another five years, it will start to be a great wine, one that will…
— R.V.
(7/1/2008)
Quinta do Crasto 2006 Vinha Maria Teresa Red (Douro)
- Cellar Selection
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- $151
A parcel of 90-year-old vines gives this stunning wine. It has so much richness, complexity and concentration. It’s dense with dried plums, black figs and lifted by acidity that seems to come right from the base of the wine. It is worth aging 4–5 years, maybe more.
— R.V.
(12/15/2009)
Quinta do Crasto 2007 Vinha Maria Teresa Red (Douro)
- Cellar Selection
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- $125
One of the finest wines from the Douro, a powerful statement from 100-year-old vines. It has dense black fruits, tempered with an elegant style, the acidity giving a fresh edge to the concentration, spice and layers of wood. Age for 7–8 years and more.
— R.V.
(11/1/2010)
Casa Ferreirinha 2001 Reserva Especial Red (Douro)
- Cellar Selection
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- $100
This is the most recent release of Reserva Especial, a wine made in exceptional years that are not quite exceptional enough for the legendary Barca Velha. It is rich, tarry, a supreme wine, now maturing with secondary dried fruit, spice and brooding tannins. It could go for many more years.
— R.V.
(11/1/2010)
Alvaro Castro 2007 Pape Red (Dão)
- Cellar Selection
- $72
A rich and powerful wine, dense and chewy. Its tannins dominate a wine that is still young. The damson and blackberry fruits give richness and acidity. Combined, the structure and the fruit make an imposing, potentially long-lived wine.
— R.V.
(11/1/2011)
Quinta do Crasto 2009 Vinha Maria Teresa Red (Douro)
- Cellar Selection
- $145
Ninety-year-old vines produce this ink-black wine, intensely powerful and concentrated. At this stage it is very young, its superb dense fruit still developing. But the power, the rich tannins and the smooth feel from open stone fermenters still make this a wine that needs considerable aging. Give it 5–7 years and more.
— R.V.
(2/1/2012)
Niepoort 2009 Batuta Red (Douro)
- Cellar Selection
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- $100
Dark in color, this is a powerful, classic wine, with dense tannins. It has rich black-fruit flavors, and notes of wood and herb that are packed into its concentrated, dry structure. This is a great Douro for aging.
— R.V.
(6/1/2012)
Alvaro Castro 2008 Pape Red (Dão)
- Cellar Selection
- Online Exclusive
- $65
Here is a powerful, dense wine, with modest alcohol— thanks to the Dão’s mountain climate and granite soil. Pape is a top wine from Alvaro Castro made predominantly from Touriga Nacional. Perfumed, elegant and structured, with plenty of concentration, this is a wine for serious aging.
— R.V.
(6/1/2012)
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