Cuvées

Anselmo Mendes Pardusco

4.5

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Rustic

Anselmo Mendes VinhosVinho Verde€€€€€€Still Red

Anselmo Mendes' Minho red Pardusco: native Vinhão-Pedral blend with sour cherry and wild-herb register. The serious tinto verde reading from the Alvarinho master.

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Aphros Vinhão

4.5

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Rustic

Aphros WineVinho Verde€€€€€€€Still Red

Biodynamic Vinhão from Refoios do Lima: deep ink-purple, light-bodied, racy red-fruit register. The native tinto verde tradition done seriously.

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Niepoort Docil Vinhão

4.5

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Rustic

Niepoort Projectos Vinho VerdeVinho Verde€€€€€€Still Red

Niepoort's reading of the native tinto verde: inky purple, light-bodied, racy. The Vinhão half of the Docil pair.

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Phaunus Vinhão

4.5

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Funky

Aphros Wine (Phaunus label)Vinho Verde€€€€€€€Still Red

Low-intervention biodynamic Vinhão from Aphros under the Phaunus label: whole-cluster fermentation, no fining, minimal sulfites. Native tinto verde at its most expressive.

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Soalheiro Granit

4.7

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

SoalheiroVinho Verde€€€€€€€Still White

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.

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