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.
Cuvées
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 · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Single-varietal Loureiro from the Sousa sub-region. Floral aromatics with lime and orchard fruit, classic Vinho Verde spritz and saline lift on a light frame.
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
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.
Curvos Loureiro
4.5
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Single-varietal Loureiro from a family estate at Forjaes on Neiva-river-influenced granite soils. Notably tropical aromatics, mango and papaya, alongside the classic floral Loureiro register.
Curvos Pet Nat
4.5
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Funky · Refreshing
Ancestral-method Pet Nat blending Loureiro aromatics with Fernao Pires. Soft mousse and a savoury yeast edge from finishing fermentation in bottle.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Single-varietal Loureiro under Anselmo Mendes's consulting hand. Floral, citrus-driven and Atlantic-saline from the Lima riverbank.
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.
Phaunus Pet Nat
4.6
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Funky
Aphros' ancestral-method Loureiro Pet-Nat under the Phaunus label, Demeter-certified. Cloudy, yeasty, low-intervention; built for thirst not contemplation.
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 · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Traditional-method Loureiro-Arinto sparkling from Quinta de Gomariz: green apple, lemon zest and white flowers over a saline close.
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 · Festive · Elegant
Traditional-method sparkling with fine bubbles, notes of dried fruit and slight citrus. Extended lees ageing gives the brioche autolysis character.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Elegant
Traditional-method sparkling blending Avesso body with Arinto acidity. Fine mousse and grapefruit-citrus drive from the granite mountain terroir.
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 · 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 · Festive · Elegant
Arinto-based traditional-method sparkling from a producer with multi-generational sparkling and old-spirits know-how. Fine mousse, citrus drive.
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.
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.
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.
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 · 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 · Light-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Refreshing
Traditional-method sparkling from the Vercoope cooperative footprint. Citrus and yeast-driven, fine mousse at an approachable price.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Co-operative Loureiro from the Via Latina range, Vercoope's flagship export brand. Floral, citrus-driven, classic Vinho Verde spritz at entry-tier price.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Avesso-led entry-tier blend from a 1790-founded Marco de Canaveses estate. Fresh, citrus-driven, classic Vinho Verde spritz.