What grapes are used in Alentejo wine?

Alentejo reds are typically blends. Aragonez (Tempranillo) provides structure and dark fruit. Trincadeira gives spice and red fruit character. Alicante Bouschet provides deep colour and fruit intensity. Touriga Nacional adds elegance and floral notes. For whites, Antao Vaz, Arinto and Roupeiro are the leading varieties.

Is Alentejo wine always red?

No — Alentejo produces both red and white wines. The whites are perhaps underappreciated: refreshing, mineral and aromatic despite the region's heat, thanks to temperature-controlled fermentation. Antao Vaz produces particularly interesting whites with good body and stone fruit character.

What food pairs with Alentejo wine?

Alentejo reds are superb with pork — particularly slow-roasted suckling pig and carne de porco a Alentejana (pork with clams). They also pair well with lamb, grilled meats and hard sheep's milk cheeses. Alentejo whites suit grilled fish, bacalhau and seafood.

Is Alentejo wine good value?

Excellent value. The Alentejo consistently produces wines of real quality at very fair prices — many outstanding reds are available at very reasonable prices. The region's warm, dry climate is ideal for consistent ripening with minimal disease pressure.

What grapes are used in Alentejo wine?

Alentejo reds are typically blends. Aragonez (Tempranillo) provides structure and dark fruit. Trincadeira gives spice and red fruit character. Alicante Bouschet provides deep colour and fruit intensity. Touriga Nacional adds elegance and floral notes. For whites, Antao Vaz, Arinto and Roupeiro are the leading varieties.

Is Alentejo wine always red?

No — Alentejo produces both red and white wines. The whites are perhaps underappreciated: refreshing, mineral and aromatic despite the region's heat, thanks to temperature-controlled fermentation. Antao Vaz produces particularly interesting whites with good body and stone fruit character.

What food pairs with Alentejo wine?

Alentejo reds are superb with pork — particularly slow-roasted suckling pig and carne de porco a Alentejana (pork with clams). They also pair well with lamb, grilled meats and hard sheep's milk cheeses. Alentejo whites suit grilled fish, bacalhau and seafood.

Is Alentejo wine good value?

Excellent value. The Alentejo consistently produces wines of real quality at very fair prices — many outstanding reds are available at very reasonable prices. The region's warm, dry climate is ideal for consistent ripening with minimal disease pressure.

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The Alentejo is Portugal's great wine plain — a vast, sun-baked landscape of cork oaks, olive groves and gently rolling hills, producing some of Portugal's most approachable, generous and food-friendly red wines: full-bodied, warm and rich with ripe dark fruit, spice and a smooth, rounded texture. The key red varieties are Aragonez (Tempranillo), Trincadeira, Alicante Bouschet and Touriga Nacional. The Alentejo also produces excellent white wines — from Antao Vaz, Arinto and Roupeiro — that are refreshingly crisp despite the region's heat. At Wines Direct we stock Alentejo wines that represent some of the best value in the Portuguese portfolio.

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