Off Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Aliança's Casal Mendes brand: high-volume off-dry Vinho Verde from the Caves Aliança umbrella, distinct from the eponymous Aliança Vinho Verde label.
Cuvées
Off Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Aliança's classic Vinho Verde white from the Bairrada-based Caves Aliança group: low-alcohol, off-dry, light spritz, the entry Vinho Verde sold widely across Portugal.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
The Loureiro half of the Muros Antigos pair: bay leaf and spring-flower aromatics over a racy citrus frame. The aromatic Lima-valley counterpart to the Alvarinho.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
The Aveleda single-variety Loureiro: bay leaf and lemon blossom over a racy citrus frame. The Castas range shows native Vinho Verde grapes individually.
Aveleda Fonte
4.4
Off Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
The accessible Aveleda Vinho Verde with a touch of residual sugar and a soft spritz. Easy summer drinking from a historic Penafiel estate.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Casa de Vila Verde's single-variety Loureiro from the Cavado sub-region near Braga: bay-leaf aromatics over a racy citrus frame.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Casa de Vila Verde's Pluma Rosé from native red grapes Espadeiro and Padeiro: dry, racy, with strawberry and watermelon aromatics.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Casa do Compadre's single-variety Loureiro: bay leaf and lemon-blossom register over a racy citrus frame.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
The single-variety Loureiro under the Casal Garcia umbrella: bay leaf and lemon-blossom aromatics over a racy citrus frame at an everyday price.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
The high-volume Casal Garcia Vinho Verde white: low-alcohol, light spritz, off-dry frame. The most exported Vinho Verde in the world.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
The pink half of the Casal Garcia umbrella: native red-grape rose with strawberry and watermelon aromatics and a light off-dry spritz.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Sogrape's high-volume Gazela Vinho Verde: low-alcohol, off-dry, light spritz. The export-market reference Vinho Verde alongside Casal Garcia.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Dirk Niepoort's serious-Loureiro project from the Lima sub-region: bay leaf, lemon peel and stone fruit over a saline mineral spine. Docil means 'gentle' in Portuguese.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Quinta da Lixa's single-variety Loureiro: bay leaf and lemon blossom over a racy citrus frame at an everyday price.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Quinta da Lixa's classic Vinho Verde blend: Loureiro-Arinto-Trajadura over a racy frame, sold widely as the everyday Vinho Verde.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Quinta da Lixa's Touriga Nacional rosé: strawberry and redcurrant aromatics from the Douro grape replanted in the Sousa sub-region. Dry, racy, summer.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Sogrape's serious Vinho Verde brand Quinta de Azevedo: Loureiro-Arinto blend from the Barcelos estate, drier and more aromatic than Gazela.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Quinta de Lourosa's Loureiro-Arinto blend from the Sousa sub-region near Lousada: classic crisp Vinho Verde with bay-leaf lift.
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.
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.