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Sweet lemon notes and high-toned spice
make it a gentle white, its porky fatness and
tense acidity built for roast suckling pig.
(W&S 8/17) § Cognac One, NY
219155

91 | Quinta de la Rosa

$20

2015 Douro Reserva La Rosa (Best Buy) ^
Jorge Moreira consistently produces some
of the most elegant whites coming out of
the Douro. At La Rosa, just downriver from
Pinhão, he works with viosinho, as well as
a block of mixed old vines that account for
40 percent of this blend. He ferments and
ages half of it in barrel, half in stainless steel,
melding both parts into a complex and heady
wine with scents of green-apple skin, green
papaya, lemon and caraway. The texture is
saturated, even as the wine remains crisp. For
a lemony roast chicken. (W&S 8/17) § Winesellers, Niles, IL
222712

90 | Quinta do Crasto

$20

2015 Douro Branco (Best Buy) ^ Tangy
scents of orange oil lead into this fragrant
blend of rabigato, viosinho and gouveio. It
was raised in stainless steel, which shows a
bit in some initial reductive notes; with air,
it delivers a clean white with bright acidity
and green citrus character. Decant a bottle
for grilled fish. (W&S 8/17) § Broadbent Selections, San Francisco, CA
221732

90 | Quinta do Vallado

$50

2015 Douro Reserva ^ Light, brisk and airy up
front, this broadens into a rich, lush white as
it develops in the glass. A blend of gouveio,
rabigato and arinto, a third of it aged in new
French oak, the wine focuses on clean, pearlike sweetness and breezy acidity. Serve it well
chilled next to chicken with mushrooms and
cream. (W&S 8/17) § Quintessential, Napa, CA

LISBOA
226855

88 | Quinta de Chocapalha $12

2016 Lisboa Arinto (Best Buy) ^ Sandra Tavares makes this wine at her family's vineyard in
the hills north of Lisbon, where arinto grows
particularly well. It produces a pale golden
wine with firm, tangy orange flavor. This vintage is a little ricey in its toasted lees flavors,
refreshed by a spritz of acidity. A clean white
for clams roasted in garlic. § MundoVino/The
Winebow Group, NY

MINHO
222421

90 | Quinta de Gomariz

$20

2016 Minho Colheita Seleccionada
Alvarinho ^ Bright and rich with the flavor of
blood orange and lime, this has a hint of red

fruit, bringing to mind red currant. Then it
lasts on green pear notes, tense and substantial, great with roast halibut and mushrooms.
(W&S 8/17) § P.R. Grisley, Salt Lake City, UT

PENINSULA DE SETUBAL
226608

87 | Adega de Pegoes

$9

2016 Peninsula de Setùbal Branco (Best
Buy) ^ With its buzz of ginger, this is a fresh
floral white offering up brisk lemon-pith flavors to electrify roasted shellfish or a seafood
stew. § Aidil Wines & Liquors, Newark, NJ
221199

$33

2015 Pico o Original Verdelho ^ This is the
"original" verdelho (the same one that grows
in Madeira), planted directly on the coast in
the black volcanic soils of Pico, an island in
the Azores. It's a wine perfumed by volcanic
rock, bringing scents of lemon peel, licorice and green olive over the mineral line of
acidity. Think of it as you would a Santorini,
to serve with a mezze platter-tzatziki and
eggplant dip-or give it a Portuguese spin
with grilled fish over vine leaves. (W&S 8/17) §
Obrigado-Vinhos Portugal, New Rochelle, NY

ALENTEJO
218264

$40

2012 Alentejano Quinta da Viçosa ^ João
Portugal Ramos planted this vineyard in
1998 on a clay-limestone rise near Estremoz;
the 100 acres of vines face in two directions:
northeast and southeast. This is a selection
of aragones and petit verdot, fermented in
French oak vats and aged for a year in new,
small French oak barrels. Perhaps it's the
water-holding capacity of limestone, or the
exposure to the morning sun, but there's a
distinctly cool feel to this wine. It delivers its
strength and intensity of flavor with subtlety
and elegance, in notes of fruity mushrooms
and fresh forest mint. Fine mineral tannins
support and lengthen the flavors, suggesting
this will age well if you don't decide to enjoy
it now. (W&S 4/17) § The Winebow Group, NY
226529

93 | Herdade do Rocim

W&S scores are based on
quality and distinctive regional
character, to help you find
delicious wines grown and
made with integrity.

A wine that speaks directly from
the earth, communicating the
flavors of its place with unequaled
complexity and intensity; it will
offer pleasure for decades.

96 to 99
Astonishing, Rare
A wine that saturates the senses
with flavors that feel unique
and thrilling; a rare
landmark for its region.

93 to 95
Exciting, Distinctive

RE D

94 | João Portugal Ramos

Our Score
Definitions

100
Transcendent

PICO

92 | Azores Wine Co.

Wine&Spirits

$50

2015 Alentejano Terracotta Clay Aged ^
Rocim is located in Vidigueira, where Catarina Vieira's family purchased this estate in
2000. One of the workers at the estate made
his own wines, aged in amphorae, a local tradition that interested Vieira and her winemaking partner, Pedro Ribeira. He helped

A wine that transcends simple
typicity to its region or variety-a
vivid, singular expression of place.

90 to 92
Delicious, Compelling
A compelling wine of its region;
a delicious, finessed
expression of a place.

88 to 89
Delicious, Representative
Well-made, pleasurable and
true to its region or variety.

85 to 87
Balanced, Crowd Pleasing
Identifiable in style and regional
character, and qualitatively solid.

80 to 84
Useful
Simple wine that will either
quench thirst or play a
useful role at the table.



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