Portugal — wine

Douro Branco

Douro Valley's increasingly celebrated dry whites from indigenous varieties — Rabigato, Gouveio, Códega, Viosinho and Malvasia Fina; grown at altitude in schist terroir; complex, mineral and age-worthy.

Year Rating Notes
2022 Outstanding Douro year for whites; altitude freshness and schist mineral at their best.
2021 Good balance; Douro whites of fine acidity and aromatic complexity.
2020 Warm year; concentrated, textured whites with food-friendly acidity.
2019 Benchmark Douro vintage; Branco wines of extraordinary depth and aging potential.
2018 Good vintage; reliable Douro whites of consistent mineral quality.