Grape · Red
Alicante Bouschet
Warm climate
About
A teinturier grape (red flesh as well as skin) producing intensely colored, powerful wines. While considered ordinary elsewhere, old-vine Alicante Bouschet in the Alentejo produces some of Portugal's most sought-after reds, with extraordinary concentration and complexity.
Typical profile
Body
Full
Tannins
Firm
Acidity
Crisp
Sweetness
Dry
Aromas
What the grape gives up young, and what it grows into with time in bottle.
Young · fresh from the glass
Oak influence
Common
Aging
Top old-vine wines age 10-20 years. Standard wines are best within 5-8 years.
Growing regions
How the grape expresses across places, grouped by country. Chips call out how a region's style deviates from the grape's default.