Portugal: Schist & Sand

Two wines. Two extraordinary landscapes. From the steep, schist-covered terraces of the Douro Valley to the windswept Atlantic sand dunes of Colares, Portugal's most distinctive terroirs take center stage. Quinta do Poeira's 2021 “44 Barricas” delivers dark fruit, mineral tension, and remarkable freshness, while the 2015 Chitas Colares Tinto reveals the haunting, salt-tinged complexity of ungrafted Ramisco. Together, they offer a compelling exploration of Portuguese winemaking far beyond the familiar.