Alianca Garrafeira Particular
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 10–30 years from the vintage release, showing exceptional longevity.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lamb, wild boar stew, mature hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Aliança, founded in 1927 in the Bairrada region and later integrated into the Bacalhôa portfolio, is renowned for its historic contributions to Portuguese winemaking. The 'Garrafeira Particular' represents a prestigious, traditional style of Portuguese red, crafted only in exceptional years. Under Portuguese wine law, the 'Garrafeira' designation demands strict aging requirements, ensuring the wine spends significant time in both oak casks and bottle before commercial release. Sourced from mature vineyards, this wine showcases the robust character of classic Portuguese varieties, undergoing traditional fermentation and extended maturation in the historic cellars of Sangalhos. It is celebrated for its deep complexity, firm tannic structure, and remarkable capacity to develop tertiary notes of leather, forest floor, and dried spices over decades.
🍾 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
Baga, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz
🍷 ABV
12.5-14%