Quinta da Fonte Souto, Taifa, Portalegre, Alentejo, Portugal 2021

This wine - the flagship white from the Symingtons' estate in northern Alentejo - fills the palate unapologetically, with fleshy layers of cooked quince, marzipan and apple strudel and top floral notes of apple blossom. Ripe nectarine and yellow apple are cloaked in glazed ginger and sprinkled with toasted almonds. Long smoky tail, with a wood-tannin grip.