Joao Portugal Ramos Vila Santa Trincadeira Tinto, Alentejo, Portugal

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The 2009 TRINCADEIRA “VILA SANTA” is another nice and well priced monovarietal from this winery, despite the reality that Trincadeira can be a treacherous grape. This is very civilized, with a bit of cream for the texture and vanilla from oak on the nose, rounding into form nicely with a little air. Like most of the wines of this type from the winery, it is harmonious and friendly, well priced and a nice house pour, not meant to be powerful and extremely ageworthy, but well constructed enough to hold up decently for a few years as it does have a backbone. There are some hints of herbaceousness as it airs out, but you likely won’t notice it too much, especially given the vanilla nuance that is prominent at first. It also becomes lively and charming with air. Drink now-2017. This lineup is often a good source for values in Portugal. This year’s releases are no different, and perhaps better than most in that regard. There are a lot of beautifully constructed wines here that are charming and inexpensive (ignoring the Reserva “MARQUES DE BORBA,” which has spiked up dramatically in recent years to levels many might find unrealistic). The Vila Santa Reserva Tinto and the Marques de Borba regular Tinto are certainly best buys, but there are good cases to make for the monovarietals and the Loios wines as well.Importers: for Loios, Vila Santa and Quinta da Vicosa brands: Winebow, Inc., Montvale, N.J.; tel: (201) 445-0620; for Marques de Borba brand: Signature Imports, Mansfield, MA; tel: (800) 669-0750 (in New England, New Jersey, N.Y.) and HGC Imports, San Jose, CA; tel: (408) 947-8511 (for Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington State and Colorado).