Alentejo wines - Portugal
Cellar in the Alentejo
Located in southern Portugal, Alentejo is ideal for the production of high quality wines. The grapes are planted in vast vineyards extending over rolling plains under the scorching sun which shines on the grapes and ripens them.
Alentejo produces white wines with an intense original nose which are fruity. The red wines are slightly acidic with a bouquet of very ripe fruits yet soft and balanced on the palate.
Alentejo Wines are, with Vinho Verde, the preferred wine for the Portuguese consumer representing 47% of the quality wine market' yet with only 12% of the national wine production.