Top 50 Portuguese Wines, by Tom Cannavan

Every year a new Wine Writer of the Year is elected at the Portuguese Wine Awards in the UK and every year the same wine writer is invited to create a selection of Top 50 Portuguese Wines. This year’s winner was Tom Cannavan following Sarah Ahmed in 2010 and Jamie Goode in 2009.

The Top 50 Portuguese Wines 2011

The complete list of Tom Cannavan’s choices is below (ordered by type of wine). I’ve linked all of the wines to a search on Adegga.com to make it easier to find out where to buy each wine each of them. On the same link you’ll be able to find more wine details and reviews about each of the listed wines (and past vintages).

I’ve also added a personal note to each wine when it’s either a favorite or recommended wine (based on my opinion). This of course only includes wines I’ve tasted (either the current or previous vintages).

Here’s the complete wine list:

Julia Kemper Reserva (fav)	White	2009	Dão	Julia Kemper
Casa de Mouraz (recommended)	White	2009	Dão	Casa de Mouraz
Castrus	White	2009	Vinho Verde	Quintas de Melgaço
Alvarinho Dorado Superior (fav)	White	2008	Vinho Verde	Quinta do Feital
Arenae Colares Malvasia	White	2006	Colares	Adega Regional de Colares
Nossa	White	2009	VR Beiras	Filipa Pato
Palpite	White	2008	Alentejo	Fita Preta
Herdade dos Grous Reserva (recommended)	White	2010	Alentejo	Herdade dos Grous
Private Selection (fav)	White	2009	Alentejo	Esporao
Quinta dos Carvalhais Colheita Seleccionada (fav)	White	2006	Dão	Sogrape
Alves de Sousa Reserva Pessoal (recommended)	White	2005	Douro	Alves de Sousa
Quinta Sant’ana Riesling	White	2009	Lisboa	Quinta Sant’ana
Valle Pradinhos	White	2009	Trás-os-Montes	Valle Pradinhos
Vinhas da Ira	Red	2006	Alentejo	Henrique Uva
Quinta Dona Maria Reserva (fav)	Red	2006	Alentejo	Quinta Dona Maria
Pera Manca	Red	2007	Alentejo	Fundação Engénio de Almeida
Terrenus Reserva (fav)	Red	2007	Alentejo	Terrenus
Scala Coelli	Red	2007	Alentejo	Fundação Engénio de Almeida
Mouchão (fav)	Red	2006	Alentejo	Mouchão
Solar dos Lobos Grande Escolha (recommended)	Red	2008	Alentejo	Silveira e Outro
Marias da Malhadinha (fav)	Red	2007	Alentejo	Herdade da Malhadinha Nova
Quinta do Francês	Red	2008	Algarve	Quinta do Francês
BTT	Red	2009	VR Beiras	Luís Pato
Quinta das Bageiras Garrafeira (fav)	Red	2001	Bairrada	Quinta das Bageiras
Quinta dos Termos Selecção	Red	2007	Beira Interior	Quinta dos Termos
Quinta dos Roques Touriga Nacional (fav)	Red	2008	Dão	Quinta dos Roques
Quinta do Lemos White Label	Red	2007	Dão	Quinta do Lemos
Munda Touriga Nacional	Red	2008	Dão	Fontes da Cunha
Quinta da Falorca Lagar Reserva (fav)	Red	2004	Dão	Sociedade Agrícola de Silgueiros
Cabriz Reserva	Red	2008	Dão	Dão Sul
Quinta do Corujão Reserva	Red	2007	Dão	Quinta do Corujão
Meruge	Red	2008	Douro	Lavradores de Feitoria
Adelaide	Red	2008	Douro	Quinta do Vallado
Poeira	Red	2008	Douro	Jorge Nobre Moreira
Batuta (fav)	Red	2008	Douro	Niepoort
Chryseia (fav)	Red	2008	Douro	Prats & Symington
Quinta do Portal Touriga Nacional	Red	2009	Douro	Quinta do Portal
Quinta do Noval	Red	2008	Douro	Quinta do Noval
Quinta da Romaneira Reserva	Red	2008	Douro	Quinta da Romaneira
Pintas (fav)	Red	2008	Douro	Wine & Soul
Quinta do Vale Meão (fav)	Red	2008	Douro	Quinta do Vale Meão
Quinta de Tecedeiras Reserva	Red	2008	Douro	Dão Sul
Quinta do Infantado Reserva (recommended)	Red	2008	Douro	Quinta do Infantado
Afros Vinhão	Red	2009	Vinho Verde	Afros
Hexagon	Red	2007	Península de Setúbal	José Maria da Fonseca
Vale da Mata Reserva	Red	2007	Lisboa	Vale da Mata
Vale D’Algares Selection (fav)	Red	2008	Tejo	Quatro Âncoras SA
Dúvida	Red	2005	Península de Setúbal	António Saramago Vinhos, Lda
Quinta do Ameal Special Harvest (fav)	Sweet	2007	VR Minho	Quinta do Ameal
Moscatel de Setúbal Superior 10 Years (fav)	Sweet	NV	Península de Setúbal	Horácio dos Reis Simões