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This Portugal Explorer Wine Tasting Set includes 2 wines from 2 Portuguese wine regions: Alentejo and Duoro River Valley. With these 2 wines, you can taste the diverse landscape and terroir of Portugal. Both made from indigenous grapes local to Portugal, Herdade dos Grous White is a refreshing and balanced white blend, and Quinta de Valbom red is a delicious bold red blend that is like a port made into a dry red wine.
Herdado dos Grous and Quinta de Valbom winemaker of these wines, Luis Duarte, has been named as ‘Best Winemaker in Portugal’ by the press, and ‘Best Winemaker in the World’ by German magazine Der Feinschemecker.
Shipping is included for the Continental US for this set, as well as anything added on to your order.
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This Portugal Explorer Wine Tasting Set includes 2 wines from 2 Portuguese wine regions: Alentejo and Duoro River Valley. With these 2 wines, you can taste the diverse landscape and terroir of Portugal. Both made from indigenous grapes local to Portugal, Herdade dos Grous White is a refreshing and balanced white blend, and Quinta de Valbom red is a delicious bold red blend that is like a port made into a dry red wine.
Herdado dos Grous and Quinta de Valbom winemaker of these wines, Luis Duarte, has been named as ‘Best Winemaker in Portugal’ by the press, and ‘Best Winemaker in the World’ by German magazine Der Feinschemecker.
Shipping is included for the Continental US for this set, as well as anything added on to your order.
Included in this box are:
This Portugal Explorer Wine Tasting Set includes 2 wines from 2 Portuguese wine regions: Alentejo and Duoro River Valley. With these 2 wines, you can taste the diverse landscape and terroir of Portugal. Both made from indigenous grapes local to Portugal, Herdade dos Grous White is a refreshing and balanced white blend, and Quinta de Valbom red is a delicious bold red blend that is like a port made into a dry red wine.
Herdado dos Grous and Quinta de Valbom winemaker of these wines, Luis Duarte, has been named as ‘Best Winemaker in Portugal’ by the press, and ‘Best Winemaker in the World’ by German magazine Der Feinschemecker.
Shipping is included for the Continental US for this set, as well as anything added on to your order.
Included in this box are:
Wines Included in This Set
Herdade dos Grous | White Wine Blend | Alentejo Portugal
This vegan Portuguese white wine is a blend of grapes native to Portugal. With a bright color and balanced fruit and acidity, it is an elegant and enjoyable wine. A blend of native Portuguese varieties, the main variety present, Antão Vaz, is the most popular grape in the Alentejo region brings body and aromatic qualities. To balance and add acidity, Arinto grape, which also brings a nice minerality, and Gouveio, a grape like verdejo in Spain, which adds ‘salt and pepper’ aromatics are blended in.
Type of Wine: Still White Wine
Grape: Antão Vaz 50%, Arinto 30%, & Gouveio 20%
Alcohol % by Vol: 13%
Vintage: 2019
Some pairings to try: Rich fish dishes and seafood; Italian food, such as pizzas and pasta; Asian food.
Quinta de Valbom | Red Wine Blend | Duoro Portugal
This vegan dry red wine from Duoro is made from a field blend of 100 year old vines, traditionally used to make Port, but instead is made as a dry red wine. Like Port, the grapes are hand-selected, fermentation by stomping feet in granite lagares, which are open vats where wine grapes are crushed by foot thus increasing extraction and tannins. Then the wine is aged for 16 months in French oak barrels before aging further in bottle. Aromas of well-ripened red fruits combine with floral and wood notes to create a structured and complex dry red wine.
Type of Wine: Still Red
Grape: Duoro traditional field blend from old vines
Alcohol % by Vol: 14%
Vintage: 2013
Some pairings to try: Traditionally served with Portuguese cured cod dishes
