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2022 Casa Ferreirinha Planalto White Reserva, Douro Valley

( £8.99, 12.5%, Majestic )

The Douro Valley may be better known for Port and red table wines, but its whites can offer tremendous quality and value for money too. This brilliant, unoaked blend is a cuvée of seven different local grapes – Arinto, Codega, Godello, Malvasía Fina, Moscatel, Rabigato and Viosinho – from cooler, higher altitude sites. Spicy, pithy and intense, it’s a bright, tangy, seafood friendly number with citrus, lime, white pepper and fennel flavours and a lingering finish.  Outstanding value.

BuyDrinking window: 2024-28Similar Wines: £5-£10, 90-94, Aristo, Codega, Godello, Malvasia Fina, Moscatel, Rabigato, Viosinho