Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
The Adega de Monção single-variety Alvarinho line Deu La Deu, named for the regional heroine. The cooperative's serious Alvarinho reference.
Cuvées
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
The Adega de Monção cooperative's traditional-method Alvarinho sparkling: lime, green apple and lees over a saline close at a co-op price point.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
The Adega de Monção cooperative flagship Muralhas: Alvarinho-Trajadura blend showing the Monção mineral signature at a co-op price point.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Funky
Skin-contact Alvarinho from Monção: dried apricot, orange peel and wax aromatics with grippy phenolics. Bottled as IGT Minho to clear the DOC stainless-steel-only rules.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
The Anselmo Mendes everyday Alvarinho and modern Monção e Melgaço reference: citrus, white peach and honeysuckle over a wet-granite mineral spine.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The barrel-fermented Anselmo Mendes Alvarinho from old-vine Melgaço parcels: yellow peach, toasted almond and spiced lees over a salted granite finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Single-parcel old-vine Alvarinho from Anselmo Mendes, barrel-fermented and aged with batonnage. The estate's cellar wine; built for years in bottle.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Traditional-method Alvarinho sparkling from Anselmo Mendes, zero dosage. Brioche lees over the wet-granite mineral spine of Monção e Melgaço.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Floral and stone-fruit-driven single-varietal Alvarinho from the Sousa sub-region. Fresh mineral lift and a touch more body than the Loureiro cuvee.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Aveleda's single-variety Alvarinho: lime, white peach and honeysuckle over a wet-stone mineral spine. The Castas range done in the noble grape register.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The Aveleda Solos de Granito: a soil-driven Alvarinho from granite parcels in Monção e Melgaço, with lees weight and a salted granite close. The Solos range explores Aveleda's terroirs.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Tri-varietal Vinho Verde blending Loureiro aromatics, Avesso body and Alvarinho mineral lift. Mundus Vini Spring Tasting 2023 gold medal.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Single-variety Alvarinho from Casa de Cello's Quinta de Sanjoanne estate, showing the noble grape from a southern Vinho Verde site.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Casa de Vila Verde's Pluma Alvarinho: single-variety Alvarinho bottled as IGT Minho (the Cavado sub-region sits outside the DOC's Alvarinho zone). Yellow peach and lees weight over a saline frame.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
The premium Alvarinho in the Conde Villar range. More mineral and longer-finishing than Arca Nova, with the same Sousa-region freshness.
Curvos Alvarinho
4.5
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Single-varietal Alvarinho from Quinta de Curvos's broader regional footprint. Mineral and stone-fruit driven with the estate's signature freshness.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Mid-tier estate Alvarinho. Floral and stone-fruit-driven with granite minerality and a long, balanced finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Top-tier prestige Alvarinho from old-vine, dry-farmed parcels on Quinta da Pedra's granite slopes. Full-bodied, deeply mineral, built for cellar ageing.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Loureiro and Alvarinho blend from a south-facing estate on the left bank of the Lima river, three kilometres south of Viana do Castelo. Atlantic-proximity gives the wine its signature saline lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Loureiro-led blend with 30% Alvarinho. Aromatic and mineral-driven, Mundus Vini Spring 2023 gold medal.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Provam's premium Alvarinho line Portal do Fidalgo: more lees weight and stone-fruit depth than Varanda do Conde.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Provam's cooperative single-variety Alvarinho Varanda do Conde: classic mineral Monção Alvarinho at a co-op price point.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
The estate-flagship Alvarinho from Quinta da Aveleda's Monção-sourced fruit. Lime, white peach and honeysuckle over a wet-stone mineral spine; the Guedes family premium reference.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Quinta da Lixa's serious single-variety Alvarinho from Monção e Melgaço sources. Pouco Comum means 'uncommon' in Portuguese.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Single-varietal Alvarinho from a historic Longos Vales estate. Granite-soil terroir gives this entry-tier bottling mineral depth and length.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Quinta de Azevedo's Alvarinho-Trajadura blend: lime, white peach and lemon blossom over a mineral close. A step up in noble-grape character from the standard Loureiro blend.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Quinta de Azevedo's Grande Escolha selection: Loureiro-Alvarinho blend with extended lees ageing, the brand's top-tier Vinho Verde.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Single-variety Alvarinho from Quinta de Gomariz, bottled as IGT Minho. Lime, white peach and honeysuckle over a wet-stone mineral spine.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Single-varietal Alvarinho from the high-altitude Celorico de Basto vineyard. Mineral and stone-fruit driven with the estate's signature crisp acidity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Quinta de Santiago's Alvarinho from Mazedo in Monção: lime, white peach and honeysuckle over the classic Monção wet-granite spine.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Quinta de Santiago's barrel-aged Reserva Alvarinho: yellow peach, almond and spiced lees over a salted granite finish, built for the cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Estate Alvarinho from Coto, Alvaredo, Melgaco, the heart of the Moncao and Melgaco sub-region. Mineral, citrus-driven Vinho Verde with the producer's signature granite spine.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Barrel-fermented prestige Alvarinho. Honoured as Best National White Wine 2019 at the Grandes Escolhas magazine awards in the same vintage that earned the estate Best Producer of the Year 2019.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Old-vine top-tier Alvarinho from Melgaco's most-northerly Alvaredo plantings. Lifted green apple, creamy texture, crisp citrus and a fresh ripe character.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Single-varietal Alvarinho from vines averaging 20 years on alluvial gravel and sand soils along the Minho river. Mineral, citrus and stone-fruit driven with no residual sugar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Reserva-tier single-varietal Alvarinho. Mineral and stone-fruit driven, with longer lees ageing than the entry-tier range.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Single-varietal Alvarinho from nine hectares planted at Paderne in the Moncao and Melgaco sub-region. Mineral and citrus-driven with the signature high-altitude granitic acidity of the northernmost Vinho Verde.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Elegant
Traditional-method sparkling from estate Alvarinho. Fine mousse, citrus drive, autolytic brioche from extended lees ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Barrel-fermented top cuvee of the estate. Carries fresh wood nuances over the same Cardadeiro Alvarinho citrus and granite core, with a fuller body and a long persistent finish.
Soalheiro 9
4.5
Off Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Soalheiro's deliberately low-alcohol Alvarinho at 9 percent ABV. Early-harvest fruit kept the alcohol down and the acidity racy; built for summer drinking.
Soalheiro Allo
4.5
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
The Soalheiro entry blend pairing Melgaço Alvarinho with Loureiro from outside the sub-region. Crisp, fresh, gentle natural spritz; the everyday-summer face of the estate.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
The Soalheiro flagship and reference Melgaço Alvarinho since 1982: lime and white peach over a wet-granite mineral spine, lees weight giving texture without softening the acidity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Festive
Traditional-method 100 percent Alvarinho sparkling, zero dosage. Brioche lees over the saline Melgaço mineral spine; a serious aperitif and Atlantic-seafood bubbly.
Soalheiro Granit
4.7
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Granite-soil selection from the Alvaredo home vineyards: more cutting, more linear and more mineral than the Classico, with a stony grip on the finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Festive · Elegant
Soalheiro's traditional-method rosé sparkling: Pinot Noir-Alvarinho blend with wild strawberry and rose petal over a saline lift and creamy mousse.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Native-yeast organic Alvarinho with minimal sulfite intervention from the Alvaredo home vineyards. Savoury lees and a stony grip over the classic Soalheiro saline spine.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Old-vine selection from the original Soalheiro parcels planted by the Cerdeira family: deeper honeyed register and a salted granite finish; the estate's cellar wine.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Barrel-fermented selection from older Alvaredo vines that adds yellow peach, almond and spiced lees to the Soalheiro mineral spine; built for the cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Co-operative Alvarinho from the Via Latina range. Peach and citrus-driven with a touch more weight than the Loureiro and the same approachable price point.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Single-varietal Alvarinho from the estate's plantings outside the historic Moncao and Melgaco sub-region. Mineral and citrus-driven, fresh stone-fruit lift.