The Herdade do Esporão Monte Velho Rosé is Portuguese sun in a glass! A blend of various native grape varieties including Touriga Nacional, Aragonês, Trincadeira and Syrah amongst others, it oozes notes of fresh red berries, pomegranate and raspberries with a hint of green tea, that follow on its intense, fresh and balanced finish.
Herdade do Esporão is located 170km from Lisbon, integrated in Alentejo DOC in Reguengos de Monsaraz sub-region. Alentejo is characterised by hot and dry summers, mild springs and autumns and cold, dry winters. With a landscape dominated by vast plains and cork oak forests, it is the...
Situated relatively far south, the Alentejo is a wine region of rolling plains and has a relatively smooth and flat landscape that stretches across almost a third of mainland Portugal. With a hot and dry Mediterranean climate the Alentejo is...
Touriga Nacional is an indigenous Portuguese red wine grape variety considered by many to be Portugal's finest. Despite the low yields from its small grapes, it plays a big part in the blends used for ports, and is increasingly being used for table wine...
It is estimated that there are more than 10,000 grape varieties in present commercial production, yet this probably includes the same grapes under other names. With the increase of DNA fingerprinting it is thought that the real number might come down closer to 5,000.
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