Quinta Sao Giao 2025 Vinhao Tinto Colheita Selecionada 750ml

A family estate at Guimarães, in the Minho, where the Almeida Freitas family have produced and bottled since 1972. Vinhão is the Minho's great red — a rare teinturier with red flesh as well as red skin — and here it's bottled varietally, the fruit still trodden by foot in traditional stone lagares, granite soils beneath. Opaque purple-black, staining the glass. Wild blackberry, damson and sour cherry over violet, iron and wet stone. Bracingly tart and mouth-gripping, with a faint prickle, firm acidity and just 12% alcohol. Uncompromising, deeply traditional, and utterly refreshing.

Pairing: grilled sardines, roast pork, chouriço, salt cod.