Julia's Portuguese Marathon – Tejo

See the guide to Julia's Portuguese marathon for further articles in the series – those already published and those set for publication this week.

These 50 tasting notes were taken over approximately nine months while I was selecting my top 50 Portuguese wines, starting back in October 2011. My breathless car journey round Portugal included a visit to only one producer in the Tejo region (known as Ribatejo until 2009), immediately south of Bairrada and sandwiched between the narrow Lisboa region to the west and the massive Alentejo to the east. (You can download a map of Portugal's wine...