Alentejo | 阿兰特茹

Alentejo

South of the Tagus, the vast Alentejo plain has excellent conditions for wine production. The climate is dry, with very high temperatures during the summer; vines need watering to resist the excessive heat. Once directed to the production of wheat, there was an explosion of new producers in the 1980s, and new vineyards grew exponentially. Today, there is still a predominance of red grapes which meets the demands of a market that consumes more red wine from the hot regions.

The good natural conditions and the ease of cultivation as a result of favorable orography have given rise to a renewed interest from many investors, who have come from other areas of business and are interested in the planting, production and sale of wines from the Alentejo.

There are six cooperative cellars in the region – Portalegre, Borba, Redondo, Reguengos, Vidigueira and Granja. They currently produce well-formed, competitively priced wines, and as a result of technical innovation, the work undertaken at the winery nowadays is much more professional. Thus, there is increased demand from these cellars, both nationally and internationally.

The Alentejo clearly occupies the first place in the consumer’s choices. The work of bottling producers has contributed greatly to this image; they have been able to bring new generation wines to the market, combining traditional varieties – such as Aragonês, Trincadeira, Alicante Bouschet and Alfrocheiro – with new varieties brought from other regions or even from abroad – Touriga Nacional, Syrah, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Sauvignon. White wines are enjoying increased demand and the Antão Vaz variety, which has always been present in good quality wines from Vidigueira, has become the most sought-after, usually to become part of a batch where Arinto is mandatory, seasoned with either Viognier, Chardonnay or small local varieties such as Perrum, Rabo de Ovelha and increasingly, Verdelho.

It is clearly the region in fashion, giving rise to smooth, elegant wines that are easy to drink while young. The production of white wines has grown a lot in recent years, as have rosé wines and while it can be said that reds still dominate, whites are growing, benefiting from increasingly early harvests that produce wine of good acidity and freshness. Many reds age very well and the tastings that we are doing show that from 10 to 20 years is a perfectly acceptable time horizon for these top-end wines.

Discover the list of producers in this region here.

阿兰特茹

它坐落在特茹河以南。这片广袤的阿兰特如平原拥有葡萄酒酿造所需的各种绝佳条件。这里气候干燥，夏季气温相当高，为了抵挡炎热，需要灌溉葡萄树。很久以前这里曾是专门用来种植小麦的土地。而从上个世纪80年代开始，许多新的酿造商，新的葡萄园爆发式地在此增长；目前，红色品种的葡萄仍占优势，这也回应了市场的需要，因为在炎热的地区人们更多消费的是红葡萄酒。
由于便利的地形带来的力量而变得容易耕种的土地和良好的气候引起了许多投资者新的兴趣，他们来自其他的贸易行业，对阿兰特如的葡萄栽培、葡萄酒酿造和销售产生了兴趣。
在这个产区有六个联合酒窖：波尔塔莱格，波尔巴，雷东多，雷根戈斯，维地格拉和格兰雅。目前，它们是酿造精良、价格颇具竞争力的葡萄酒酿造商，它们也曾是技术革新的对象，现在这些酒窖的工作已经做得专业化多了。由于这个原因，无论是在国内市场还是在出口市场，这就给酒窖的葡萄酒都被大量消费。
毫无疑问，阿兰特如占据着消费者选择的第一位。酿造-装瓶商们对于这个产区高品质葡萄酒的形象贡献良多，他们知道怎样给市场带去新一代的葡萄酒这些葡萄酒一方面将如阿拉贡，特林卡黛拉，紫北塞，阿尔弗谢罗等传统的红色品种葡萄，还有一些从别的产区，甚至是来自国外的其他品种混合在一起，比如国产多丽嘉，西拉，味而多，赤霞珠等。对于白葡萄酒的需求增长不大，安当∙瓦什葡萄一直以来都是维地格拉地区高品质葡萄酒的标志，这个品种的葡萄成了人们最常寻找使用的葡萄，一般来说是用来加入必须使用阿林托的混酿葡萄酒中的。
很显然，这是个时尚的产区，这里出现了许多当还是新酒时就很柔和、优雅、易于入口的葡萄酒。在最近这些年，无论是白葡萄酒还是粉色葡萄酒的产量都增长了很多。尽管可以说红葡萄酒继续占据主导位置，但是白葡萄酒也在增长，这得益于越来越早采摘的葡萄，使用它们能够酿造出酸度良好，口味清新的葡萄酒。许多红葡萄酒陈化得很好，我们的品鉴显示10年到20年红酒是这些顶级红酒完全可以接受的时间跨度。