REGION: Lisboa
SKU #:
PT-PEG-01-20
Vintage:
2020
Country:
Portugal
Region:
Lisboa
Appellation:
Palmela
Variety:
Castelao
Color:
Red
SKU #:
PT-PEG-20-18
Vintage:
2018
Country:
Portugal
Region:
Lisboa
Appellation:
Palmela
Variety:
Castelao
Color:
Red
Trivia question: for decades, this was the most widely-planted variety in Portugal, covering a vast and productive swath from the south up to the west-central Atlantic coast. Since 2004 its surface has halved to see it overtaken by more-familiar names like Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, and Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo). What is it? You’d be forgiven if the answer, Castelão, doesn’t …