For wine explorers looking for style, originality and boldness in their choices, Aluado is the ‘moonstruck’ take on a classic red-fleshed grape. Although individual vintage reports are still being written, some key vintages of the past 40 years have region-specific reports. After you’re done admiring the inky-black color, get ready for aromas of intense berry fruit and sweet spice, which lead to a full, deliciously fresh palate of black plums, cassis, blackberry, vanilla, and cinnamon. A legend of Portuguese wine, he combines generations of tradition with an inquisitive spirit undimmed at 60+ years of age. The driver will input your year of birth into their device and may then require an ID check to complete the age verification process.

It is here that the great winemaker, José Neiva Correia, created the idea of Aluado in a moonstruck moment.The 2018 Reserva was thick black with little or no light getting through, more "body" than the 2021.

Winning Gold medals almost every vintage, Jose makes the wine at his family estate, Quinta de Porto Franco, just north of Lisbon.Following on from last year’s five Gold medal triumph, José again used grapes from his own historic estate, Quinta de Porto Franco, which dates back to the 12th century and is thought to have the oldest vineyard in Alenquer. They said he was ‘aluado’ (‘loony’) but the ever inventive José Neiva Correia has proved his doubters wrong. 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. This wine has won many awards: the 2020 vintage was awarded Gold from the USA Wine Ratings, and the 2018 vintage was awarded Silver from the Berlin Wine Trophy.

The wine Maker is Jose Neiva Correia, who’s known in Portugal as MISTER WINE, and is owner with his brothers and sisters and is Chief wine maker at DFJ Vinhos. Of course by the time I drank the Aluado 2018 Alicante Bouchet "Reserva" it was no longer available much to my great dismay. Aluado immerses the senses with a flavour intensity and midnight complexion that compels the mind to drift and dream. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Please always read the labels, warnings, and directions provided with the product before using or consuming a product. 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. Velvety, black fruit Alicante plays a minor role in many of Portugal’s reds, but José Neiva Correia decided to give it centre stage. 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. Classic fermentation method with destemming and pre fermentative skin contact followed of the application of dry yeasts.