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Sommelier Selection for April 2025
Sommelier of Cave Lusa
Rui Madeira
Our selection is guided by the experience and excellence of a sommelier with a distinguished career in the wine world. With a qualification in Sommellerie from Turismo de Portugal and WSET, he brings to the project vast knowledge acquired over years in the restaurant and hospitality industry.
His career includes stints at some of the most prestigious gastronomic venues, such as Quinta das Lágrimas and Mesa de Lemos, and he is recognized for his talent with a nomination for Sommelier of the Year in 2016 by WINE – Essência do Vinho.
In the same year, he took on the role of Head Sommelier and F&B Manager at the restaurant of the exclusive Hotel Areias do Seixo, in Santa Cruz (Torres Vedras, Lisbon), consolidating his reputation in the sector.
Palácio dos Távoras Alicante Bouschet Red 2015
Tasting Notes
➔ On the nose, this wine presents medium intensity, ripe plum, blueberry, white pepper, and vanilla.
➔ On the palate, it is dry, with medium acidity, high alcohol, medium body, medium intensity, ripe plum, spices, vanilla, light chocolate, and a long finish.
★ Highlight this 2015 vintage, also for its complexity and evolution.
Quinta de Valbom Red 2015
Tasting Notes
➔ Concentrated violet color.
➔ On the nose it exhibits an aroma of ripe red fruits, integrated with floral and woody notes.
➔ On the palate it reveals a complex structure with red fruit flavor, a correct balance of acidity, a long and elegant finish.
★ 2013 vintage, confers aromatic complexity.
Tapada de Coelheiros Red 2016
Tasting Notes
➔ Intense garnet color.
➔ On the nose, notes of red fruits, green bell pepper, jam, and spices.
★ Despite being well aged, this blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Alicante Bouschet behaves very youthfully.
Quinta do Paúl Grande Reserva 2015
Tasting Notes
➔ Red-violet color.
➔ On the nose, fruity aromas and spices imparted by aging in French and American oak barrels.
★ On the palate, it is full-bodied, with soft tannins and an elegant, long, persistent finish.
Beira Interior Wine Region
Beira Interior, the highest Portuguese wine region.
In recent years, Beira Interior has doubled the number of producers, increasing demand and also recognition for its wines.
Characterized by white wines of great aromatic exuberance and much freshness and red wines with complex aromas of wild berries and spices, combined with a striking freshness.
This region produces white, red, rosé, and palhete wines, as well as quality natural sparkling wines, contributed to by the great variety of grape varieties that have allowed the constant discovery of new aromas and flavors.
Traditional grape varieties find here the possibility to fully assert themselves. It is in the valleys and mountains that the traditional white grapes Síria, Arinto, and Fonte Cal share space and time with the red grapes Rufete, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional, Jaen, and Trincadeira.
Beira Interior wants to increasingly assert itself as a region of excellence and quality in wine production and occupy its rightful place alongside the great Portuguese wine regions.
