Alianca Garrafeira Particular Blanco
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted cod, creamy mushroom risotto, aged sheep cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Aliança, founded in 1927 in the Bairrada region and now a key part of the Bacalhôa portfolio, has a storied history of producing some of Portugal's most cellar-worthy wines. The 'Garrafeira Particular' white represents a rare, traditional expression of Portuguese winemaking, sourced from select old-vine parcels. Crafted only in exceptional years, this wine undergoes meticulous aging—meeting the strict Portuguese 'Garrafeira' standards which require extended aging in cellar before release. The result is a white wine of profound depth, complexity, and structural integrity, showing evolved notes of dried honey, beeswax, wet stone, and toasted almonds, backed by a vibrant, age-defying acidity.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1922 under the name João Pires & Filhos, Bacalhôa Vinhos de Portugal has grown into one of Portugal's most significant and pioneering wine enterprises. Modernized in the 1970s and subsequently acquired by arts patron Comendador José Berardo in 1998, the group encompasses historic estates such as Quinta da Bacalhôa, Quinta do Carmo, and Caves Aliança. Spanning roughly 1,200 hectares across the Setúbal Peninsula, Alentejo, Bairrada, Dão, Douro, and Vinho Verde, the group cultivates indigenous and international varieties on diverse terroirs ranging from Setúbal's clay-limestone slopes and sandy maritime soils to Alentejo's schist-strewn plains. Viticulture is practiced sustainably under certifications like the Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Programme (WASP). Led enologically by Francisco Antunes, Bacalhôa balances classical heritage and cellar innovation, renowned for historic benchmark cuvées including the barrel-fermented Catarina, age-worthy Quinta da Bacalhôa Cabernet Sauvignon blends, Quinta do Carmo reds and whites, traditional-method Aliança sparkling wines, and rare, concentrated Moscatel de Setúbal.
🍇 Grapes
Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cão