Lasso is the maiden name of the Cardoso Pinto family's matriarch and is a symbol of how she holds the family together with her strength. Garrafeira indicates that the wine must spend at least 5 years in bottle and this wine, a special one, had a special re-lease that we're able to benefit from... Thank you Rita! (the daughter in charge of things now at the winery, that I was fortunate enough to have lunch with recently) Made with traditional Aragonês, Touriga Nacional and Tinta Miúda grape varieties, to which they add Alfrocheiro, producing a wine of great complexity, firm tannins and good body.

As I mentioned…Drink More Portuguese Wine. Period.