Evel Branco
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled white fish, seafood risotto, fresh green salads with goat cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Evel is one of Portugal's oldest and most iconic wine brands, first registered by Real Companhia Velha in 1913. The name 'Evel' is a clever anagram of the Portuguese word 'leve' (meaning light or smooth), which perfectly captures the wine's elegant, fresh, and highly approachable character. Sourced primarily from the cooler, high-altitude vineyards of the Alijó plateau—such as Quinta do Casal da Granja—this classic Douro white benefits from cool nights that preserve its vibrant acidity and aromatic intensity. Fermented entirely in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats with no oak contact, Evel Branco is crafted to showcase the pure, bright fruit flavors of traditional Douro grape varieties, making it a beloved staple of Portuguese tables for over a century.
🍾 About the Producer
Established on September 10, 1756, by Royal Charter of King D. José I under the auspices of the Marquis of Pombal, Real Companhia Velha stands as Portugal's oldest continuously operating wine company. Entrusted originally with demarcating and regulating the Douro Valley, the company was acquired by the Silva Reis family in 1960. Today, under President Pedro Silva Reis and celebrated head winemaker Jorge Moreira, Real Companhia Velha oversees more than 550 hectares across historic quintas such as Das Carvalhas, De Cidro, Dos Aciprestes, and Do Casal da Granja. While famous for benchmark Port, the house pioneered fine Douro still whites, capitalizing on high-elevation schist and granite plateaus with wide diurnal shifts. Estate whites—most prominently the Quinta de Cidro mono-varietals and field blends spanning Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Alvarinho, and Sémillon (Boal)—rely on precision viticulture and parcel-specific vinification. These wines demonstrate remarkable tension, vibrant natural acidity, and an authentic, mineral-driven reflection of the rugged Douro landscape.
🍇 Grapes
Viosinho, Rabigato, Fernão Pires, Arinto
🍷 ABV
12.5-13%