6x Wines For Shiraz Lovers
Special bundle of our favorite Portuguese wines that match the profile of Shiraz. Have some fun, blind taste your friends or surprise them with a less known wine. Our wines come from flagship wineries of Portugal, personally curated a process that took our founders 11 months!
1) Guarda Rios Gold Edition 2020 | Doc Alentejo - Vivino Rating 4.1
The Guarda Rios Gold Edition 2019 Red is made from Aragones, Syrah and Alicante Bouschet. It is aged for 10 months in French Oak It hasa dark and deep colour. Intense nose with spicy notes and notes of wild berries, forest, and a touch of vanilla. It is well balanced with a fine structure and smooth tannins.
2) Syrah | Red | 2020 | Doc Alentejo - Vivino Rating 3.8
Tasting Notes: Dark and dense garnet colour. Nose of great impact and balance between notes of ripe black fruit, plum and fig and notes of wood aging. In the race it presents a unique lightness and power with a velvety texture and made for the meals at the table.
3) Evel Reserva | Red | 2019 | Doc Douro - 91 points Robert Parker
Tasting Notes: “This is the Evel brand's top wine, a rich blend that was aged for 12 months in new wood. The smooth texture and the fine juicy black fruits are given extra richness by the spice and still-present tannins.” Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast Magazine
4) Cartuxa Reserva | Red | 2016 | Doc Alentejo - Vivino Rating 4.5
Tasting Notes: Heavy garnet coloured wine. Balsamic, furniture wax, cherry, plum and sour cherry dominate the aroma of this wine, also associating notes of nutmeg. Very complex and dense, with great structure, firm tannins and excellent acidity. Long and elegant finis
5) Ravasqueira Family Reserve | Red | 2020 | Doc Alentejo - Vivino Rating 4.2
The Ravasqueira Reserva da Família Red 2020 is a tribute to the José de Mello family and the result of an in-depth analysis of the vineyard in 2014, which resulted in the selection of the plots with the grape varieties that most stood out for their elegance, concentration, and character, the pillars of this Monte da Ravasqueira Reserve range. 12 months French Oak Barrels. Made from Touriga Nacional (50%) & Syrah (50%). Full bodied with notes of spice and dark fruit with elegant yet structured.
6) Ravasqueira | Premium | Red | 2014 | Doc Alentejo - Vivino Rating 4.5
Tasting Notes: Dark red colour, dense and opaque. Complex and intense nose with barrel end. Peas, cedar, light iodine, black olives, cocoa and intense mixture of black and red fruit and dried figs. Spicy, with black pepper, thyme and mineral extension. In the tasting has cut tannins, thin and growing with concentration in the medium of taste, balsamic freshness, meat, plums, blueberries and blueberries, full strength and mineral finish. It can and should be decanted. To drink between 2017 and 2037.
