(2023) Natacha Teixeira is the winemaker at this estate in Trás-os-Montes, so another nice wine to mark International Women's Day 2023. Unoaked, it blends the local Touriga Nacional and Trinacdeira with Cabernet Sauvignon and is classified Vinho Regional Transmontano. It pours a deep, saturated crimson and offers a lovely sense of purity on the nose, with svelte black fruit touched with violet, a little herbal nuance adding freshness. In the mouth it is really rather lovely: medium bodied and supple, the fruit savoury and dark but pertly sweet, and the finish showing a little spice and chocolate. Authentic, delicious, and very nicely balanced. Watch the video for more information.

(2017) In this Vinho Regional (a bit like France's IGP/Vin de Pays) some Caberenet Sauvignon joins the local Touriga Nacional and Trincadeira. Black cherry with a touch of kirsch lift and cassis gloss on the nose, leads to a firm but fruity palate, the spine of tight, fine tannin and acidity underpinning fresh black fruits. Balanced, powerful and direct, it's a food wine, perfect with some rare roast beef perhaps.