If there’s a red grape which really excites me from Alentejo it’s Alicante Bouschet. The masters of the genre? Without question, Herdade do Mouchão. A lift of sappy eucalypt to its richly-scented, vinous nose and palate which reveals kid glove leather, violets, warm earth and intense cherry, bilberry and damson fruit. With its summer compote fruits and spicy layers of liquorice, tobacco, clove and cassia, it has lovely weight in the mouth while retaining interest and, most admirably, freshness. This expressive wine has a very real sense of place. Excellent. (Sara Ahmed The Wine Detective)