Laithwaites Wine Aluado Alicante Bouschet Red Wine - 6 Bottles (75cl) - Laithwaites Wine

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Inky black Alicante Bouschet is usually found in Portuguese red blends, there to add deep colour and black fruit flavours. Nobody goes further than Laithwaites to find the best wines to delight wine lovers this holiday season, ensuring we have the perfect bottle for you and your loved ones.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Whilst sceptics initially laughed at the idea, it was Jose and his Aluado that triumphed, as these excellent, original wines attest. Following on from last year’s five Gold medal triumph, José again used grapes from his own historic estate, Quinta de Porto Franco, which dates back to the 12th century and is thought to have the oldest vineyard in Alenquer.

Because winemaking is more than just a profession for these guys, it’s a way of life and source of pride. Thanks to a great season, Aluado 2015 is a big, rich wine best served with roast meats - try with pork or rack of lamb. So ask for it, they they say they don’t have it ask if them for another wine you can’t pronounce, or walk out singing “it’s all about the grape, bout the grape”. A legend of Portuguese wine, he combines generations of tradition with an inquisitive spirit undimmed at 60-plus years of age. Information and statements about products are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition.

I am enjoying the 2021 but when a glass full is held up to a light, you can just about see the light coming through the wine. Across the lands surrounding the patios adjoining the house there are streaks of colours enlivening the landscape: Alfrocheiro vines on one side, Moscatel vines on the other, and Aluado's Alicante Bouschet vine a little further on. uk accepts no liability for inaccuracies or misstatements about products by manufacturers or other third parties. In the event of any safety concerns or for any other information about a product please carefully read any instructions provided on the label or packaging and contact the manufacturer.

Content on this site is not intended to substitute for advice given by medical practitioner, pharmacist, or other licensed health-care professional. That didn’t deter José - a talented winemaker, credited by wine journo Tim Atkin as the man behind Portugal’s wine revolution. They said he was ‘aluado’ (‘loony’) but the ever inventive José Neiva Correia has proved his doubters wrong. It’s rare red flesh bestowing a depth of colour and intensity other grapes do not match, making a perfect blending partner to lighter grapes. Cool climate Alicante Bouschet from the Lisboa region has a strongly perfumed character as well as intense fruitiness.

This wine has won many awards: the 2020 vintage was awarded Gold from the USA Wine Ratings, and the 2018 vintage was awarded Silver from the Berlin Wine Trophy. Aluado immerses the senses with a flavour intensity and midnight complexion that compels the mind to drift and dream.

The driver will input your year of birth into their device and may then require an ID check to complete the age verification process. It was Jose who, whilst under the spell of the moon went ‘Aluado’, dreaming up the idea of creating a wine entirely from this unique grape. This fantastic red wine has notes of ripe damson and blackberry, mocha, exotic spice, freshness too. We recommend you switch to using Microsoft Edge or another more modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Safari (Apple users only).