Esporão Alentejo Tinto Reserva 2022

The 2022 Reserva Tinto was produced with a multi-grape blend of Alicante Bouschet, Trincadeira, Touriga Nacional, Aragonês and Cabernet Sauvignon from granite and schist soils that fermented in stainless steel, concrete vats and marble lagar, with malolactic in stainless steel, and matured in French and American oak barrels, 20% of them new, for 12 months. It has a serious nose that is Mediterranean, spicy and smoky, with notes of dry hay and straw, ripe fruit and a hint of iron. It's medium- to full-bodied, with abundant tannins and some oak flavors. It comes in at 14% alcohol, with a pH of 3.61, finishing very dry. Wait a bit. 500,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2024.

A balanced red, with well-balanced weight and flesh, defined nicely by fresh acidity and sleek, chalky-edged tannins. Offers a pure core of black raspberry and boysenberry fruit, with accents of blood orange peel, herbed olive and tar-tinged mineral showing good length through the lightly chewy finish. Aragonez, Alicante Bouschet, Cabernet Sauvignon, Trincadeira, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca and Syrah. Drink now through 2032. 89,400 cases made, 1,400 cases imported.