Laithwaites Wine Aluado Alicante Bouschet Red Wine - 6 Bottles (75cl) - Laithwaites Wine

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A long avenue of trees lead up to the main entrance of the fabled and historical estate of Quinta de Porto Franco, a low and long building with the traditional profile of estate residences in the Lisboa region of Portugal. The Alicante Bouschet grapes grow at José’s Quinta do Porto Franco estate, 40 miles north of Lisbon. This fantastic red wine has notes of ripe damson and blackberry, mocha, exotic spice, freshness too. We’re a little less rock ‘n’ roll than one man in a van these days, but we still go direct to the producers and still know every single one of them personally. After the alcoholic fermentation, the cap is plunged for 30 days, and during that period, extraction of the gentle tannins is conducted, along with the malolactic fermentation and the natural stabilization of the wine.

Winning Gold medals almost every vintage, Jose makes the wine at his family estate, Quinta de Porto Franco, just north of Lisbon. It’s rare red flesh bestowing a depth of colour and intensity other grapes do not match, making a perfect blending partner to lighter grapes. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. Thanks to a great season, Aluado 2015 is a big, rich wine best served with roast meats - try with pork or rack of lamb. uk accepts no liability for inaccuracies or misstatements about products by manufacturers or other third parties.

They said he was ‘aluado’ (‘loony’) but the ever inventive José Neiva Correia has proved his doubters wrong. Because winemaking is more than just a profession for these guys, it’s a way of life and source of pride. Velvety, black fruit Alicante plays a minor role in many of Portugal’s reds, but José Neiva Correia decided to give it centre stage.

For wine explorers looking for style, originality and boldness in their choices, Aluado is the ‘moonstruck’ take on a classic red-fleshed grape. Of course by the time I drank the Aluado 2018 Alicante Bouchet "Reserva" it was no longer available much to my great dismay. A legend of Portuguese wine, he combines generations of tradition with an inquisitive spirit undimmed at 60-plus years of age. Rarely used on its own, Alicante Bouschet from the cooler Lisboa region can obviously produce an impressively structured wine. Wine Award’) by the country’s top wine magazine, in recognition for his major contributions to Portuguese wine.Alicante Bouschet produces some of the world’s deepest coloured wines and is often used to enhance Portugal’s top reds. Alicante Bouschet in the coastal Lisboa region is more restrained than it is in Alentejo, so the wine is crisp as much as ripe, with attractive red berry fruits and soft tannins. Classic fermentation method with destemming and pre fermentative skin contact followed of the application of dry yeasts.

It was Jose who, whilst under the spell of the moon went ‘Aluado’, dreaming up the idea of creating a wine entirely from this unique grape. Aluado 2019 is a rich, velvety red, great solo or served with roast meats (try lamb or pork) or a herby casserole. They said he was 'aluado' ('loony') but the ever inventive José Neiva Correia has proved his doubters wrong. When Jose Neiva Correira first decided to make a red from pure Alicante Bouschet, a grape usually only used as part of a blend, everyone thought he was mad 'aluado'. The 2018 Reserva was thick black with little or no light getting through, more "body" than the 2021.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.