Little Odisseia, Tinto, 2016, Douro Valley, Portugal

Little Odisseia from the Douro Valley, Portugal is another solid red wine from a country that doesn’t seem to produce any bad stuff.

There are notes of tobacco, black fruit and leather with hints of mushrooms. This is a dry, bold wine with firm tannins that give structure. Its not fancy or complex but you get is a wine that is not going to embarrass you, just drink it or have it with a steak.

Well done to the wine maker, a wine to order by the case because at £7 a bottle its excellent value.