The Maçanita brothers are a successful duo in the Douro with appealing wines, always at a great price. This Reserve is a typical Douro wine. Aroma of ripe berry fruit with some floral (violet) and spice from the barrel. The palate follows the nose in a full wine with generous red and black fruit, slightly rough tannins and a refreshing finish due to excellent acidity. A very young wine that will grow with bottle ageing.

Adega Cooperativa de Catalhede is one of the good winegrowers' cooperatives working in Portugal. Supported by the experienced winemaker Osvaldo Amado presents us good Bairrada wines at very competitive prices. This is a bottled version of Arinto with barrel ageing, combining the typical citrus notes of the variety with wood notes that give it more volume in the mouth and harmonise the strong acidity. A good example of Arinto.

The Alicante Bouschet grape variety was adopted by the Alentejo Region as its own, producing high quality wines in this dry and hot climate, unlike the country of origin (France) where it has no significant expression. Being a teinturier grape variety, it always produces wines with a lot of colour, as is the case here. Made by the competent winemaker Rui Reguinga, it presents itself with well-ripened black fruits, robust, somewhat rustic, chewy and full of flavour. A powerful wine for those who like strong emotions.