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Producer

Symington Family Estates

Vila Nova de Gaia

The family company behind Graham’s, Dow’s, Warre’s and Cockburn’s Port. It also makes Douro wines, including the good-value Altano and, with the Prats family of Bordeaux, Chryseia.

Bottles

Altano Douro Tinto

Red
Symington Family Estates · Douro
€5.99lowest of 2 shopsEveryday
Wine Spectator 90 pts (2022)

Rated by Wine Spectator

4 wines from its Portugal report (28 Feb 2026 issue), with US release prices and value for money.

WineVintageScorePriceValue
Douro Altano202290$13
Great value (+3.0)
Douro Altano Organic202289$19
Good value (+1.0)
Douro White Altano202488$15
Fair price (+0.6)
Alvarinho Vinho Verde Monção e Melgaço Casa de Rodas202388$33
Priced high (−1.3)

Critics’ picks

Scores out of 100 belong to one bottle and vintage, not the whole style. We only list scores and rankings we could confirm in a public source; follow each link to check. Last checked 12 Nov 2026. Prices are US release prices per 75 cl as printed by the critic; value compares the score with the price trend.

BottleCriticScorePrice · valueSource
Symington Family Estates Altano Douro 2022
Douro Red
 Wine Spectator 90pts
No. 48, Top 100 of 2025
 $13
Great value (+3.0 pts)
 28 Feb 2026 issue

Wines

Port

Fortified
Vinho do Porto

Sweet fortified wine from the Douro. Fermentation is stopped part-way by adding grape spirit (aguardente), which keeps natural grape sugar and lifts alcohol to roughly 19–22%. Grapes are still trodden by foot in granite lagares at some quintas. Traditionally the young wine was shipped downriver and aged in lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia, opposite Porto.

Critics: up to 99 pts

Douro Red

Red
Douro DOC Tinto

Dry reds from the same terraces as Port: dense, floral and structured, with a stony freshness from schist soils. Barca Velha, first made in 1952, showed what was possible; since the 1990s Douro reds have become some of Europe’s most admired, especially from old field-blend vineyards.

Critics: up to 97 pts

Grapes they’re known for

Touriga NacionalTouriga Franca

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