The Enthusiast - April 2025
The spring has sprung and the rain showers seem to be drying up finally! We’re celebrating in style with some lovely transitional wines to start guiding your palates towards summer.
As always, wine descriptions below, and if you run out, you can order more from The Cellar.
Don’t forget, you can look up past boxes in The Archive.
Casa da Atela, Chardonnay
[grape/vintage] Chardonnay / 2021
[region] Tejo
Citrine color and well-defined aromas of apricot and plum, it presents some notes of honey, with a fresh, intense and balanced mouthfeel, revealing vibrant acidity, good unctuousness and some final complexity.
Pairs well with shrimp risotto, wild salmon, pad thai, cheesecake with raspberry coulis
Check it out in The Cellar.
Astronauta, Aragonez
[grape/vintage] Aragonez / 2022
[region] Alentejo
Pure and poetic in a Charles Bukowski kind of way, like being slappped on the face with a dusty metaphor of cork trees, ripe plums and a rusting old tractor while a barefoot kid steals your wallet. Fresh and deep and happy when washing down a Quiejo de Nisa or a grilled chouriço.
Pairs well with a local charcuterie board, a nice fatty, grilled chouriço or steak, or a rich, creamy pasta carbonara.
Check it out in The Cellar.
Terra d'Alter,"AB"
[grape/vintage] Alicante Bouschet / 2020
[region] Alentejo
Like spending an evening with an old friend after years apart…easy, fun and full of stories. This classic Alicante Bouschet speaks of the Alentejo soil warming in the late summer sun, ripening berries and plums, and has legs wrapped in dark chocolate.
Pairs well with pepperoni pizza or veal milanese or sunday roast or a dark chocolate cake drizzled in rasberry coulis.
Check it out in The Cellar.