Quinta da Fonte Souto Tinto

Quinta da Fonte Souto is located in the Portaguese subregion of the Alto Alentejo in southern Portugal. Close to the São Mamede range (1,025 metres), the property benefits from the area’s altitude with its cooler microclimate in sharp contrast to the Alentejo region’s typically hot and dry conditions. Yields are low due to the schist and granite soils, which are less fertile than those found in the flat and rolling terrain which characterizes the majority of the Alentejo.

The estate's red wine is a blend of Alicante Bouschet, Trincadeira, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Alfrocheiro. It is a grand, stoic, and savory red that would give many much more expensive New World Syrahs a serious run for their money. Dark, rich, and concentrated, this offers up ripe notes blueberry, blackberry, plum pudding, spice box, violet, and lavender.