Jose Maria da Fonseca Anticiclone Peninsula de Setubal Red, 2022

If you are looking for good wine at rock bottom prices, Portugal is the place to look. I paid about $6 at Costco for this gem from Fonseca, and while it is now gone from the shelves, I saw two or three excellent red wines there today for $50 to $60 a case.

Fonseca produces a number of excellent vintage and tawny ports. Anticiclone is decidedly dry. It received 90 points from Wine Spectator and was included in the publication's top 100 wines of 2024.

Deep red with slight bluish tints. Black berries, dark chocolate, coffee. Comes on with bold strokes then settles into an elegant mid-palate and a spicy, peppery finish that is far from simple.