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.
Cuvées
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.
Aphros Daphne
4.7
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Barrel-fermented old-vine Loureiro from Aphros, Demeter-certified. Lemon curd and honeysuckle over creamy lees with the depth to cellar.
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
Casa do Compadre's single-variety Avesso from Arcos de Valdevez: the weightier southern Vinho Verde grape with yellow apple, pear and stony grip.
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 · 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 · 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 · Elegant · Contemplative
Lourosa's old-vine commemorative cuvée marking the thirtieth anniversary of the estate's first continuous vineyard. Lees weight and lemon peel over the classic Loureiro-Arinto frame.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Avesso-led mid-tier blend with Trajadura and Arinto. Nicely weighted with bright citrus, intensity and a wet-stone edge, 12 to 15 months on lees in stainless steel.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Heranca translates as heritage. The estate's prestige Avesso-led blend with Malvasia Fina, aged up to two years on lees. Taut, mineral-driven, complex.
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 · Contemplative
The Ameal barrel-fermented Loureiro selection: yellow peach, almond and spiced lees over a mineral grip. Built for the cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Single-varietal Avesso from a mountain estate on the right bank of the Douro. Lively citrus and pear aromatics from a granitic terroir.
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 · Elegant · Refreshing
Reserva-tier single-varietal Alvarinho. Mineral and stone-fruit driven, with longer lees ageing than the entry-tier range.
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.
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 · Elegant · Refreshing
Single-varietal Avesso, the estate's flagship grape. Lower-acid and richer than Loureiro or Alvarinho, with ripe stone fruit and a fine mineral cut.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Top-tier barrel-aged Avesso. Fuller-bodied and longer-finishing than the regular Vilacetinho Avesso, with the wood note framing rather than dominating the fruit.