Event

Adegas Camillo Alves 

CASALEIRO

Reserva Red Blend 2012

Touriga Nacional,  Castelão, Trincadeira

Tejo, Portugal 

 90 Points Wine Enthusiast!

#12 on the Top 100 Best Buys of 2013!

"A fine ripe wine fully structured with its tannins supported by delicious red fruits. It has concentration and a generous feel to it showing warmth as well as a strong line in acidity. The wine finishes with spice fruit and tannins in the background”

Our First Portuguese Wine for

Open Bottle Thursday!

Three port varietals are blended into this table wine resulting in a keenly dry red with an interesting complexity and a very nice balance. The longer it's open the more nuances you detect in both flavor and aroma.  

Great  with a lot of different foods from grilled meats and roasted salmon to spicy Italian Bolognese over pasta. 

Our Thoughts………

 Long overshadowed by the wine juggernaut that is Spain, Portugese wine is ready for its moment in the sun. The Casaleiro Reserva comes from the Tejo wine region, an area that also produces about 50% of the world’s corks. A medium-bodied blend of the local red grapes Touriga Nacional, Castelao, and Trincadeira, it combines ripe plum and cherry flavors with soft tannins and a hint of vanilla, making it easy to see why it was #12 on Wine Enthusiast’s list of Top 100 Best Buys for 2013.

Regularly $ 14.99

Sale Price Tonight

Only $11.50 a bottle
 6 or more bottles  $9.00!!!!

Limited quantities

First come first served.

Don’t want to miss the sale?

Can’t make it Thursday?

You will have to Email or Call us on this one!

703-668-WINE(9463)

A Bit About Adegas Camillo Alves....

The History of Adegas Camillo Alves, S.A. dates back to the nineteenth century, to the year 1881 when João Camillo Alves initiated his business in the wine trade. He first started to sell wines produced in the famous wine region of Bucelas, an excellent area for producing white wine highly appreciated not only in Portugal but also worldwide. In 1921, the descendents of João Camillo Alves joined the company and expanded the business, making the company into one of the most important in the market.

About the Region......

Diversity of soils and climates combined with large vineyards with low production costs are the main features of Ribatejo. This fertile region, with high yields that once supplied the domestic market and the colonies in Africa, produces red and white wines of quality at an extremely competitive price.

Ribatejo is a Portuguese wine region crossed by the biggest portuguese river (Tejo river), who gave the regions name. The entire region is entitled to use the Vinho Regional designation of Tejo VR, and some areas are classified at the highest Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC) under dthe designation of Ribatejo DOC.

Ribatejo region is located between Lisbon and Alentejo VR, and the Tejo river plays an important role of influencing the winery region who moderates the region’s climate, making it more temperate than other regions of Portugal. Vineyards are planted in a fertile alluvial soil along the river, making the wine more rich and with a unique flavor.

 Ribatejo region changed name in 2009 to Tejo to increase the wine regions international reputation. Thre are six subregions of Tejo entitled to the Ribatejo DOC, and the principal grapes of the Tejo region includes Arinto, Cabernet Sauvignon, Camarate, Carignan, Chardonnay, Esgana Cao, Fernao Pires, Jampal, Malvasia Fina, Malvasia Rei, Merlot, Periquita, Pinot noir, Rabo de Ovelha, Sauvignon blanc, Syrah, Tamarez, Tinta Amarela, Tinta Muida, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira das Pratas, Ugni blanc and Vital.