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Anselmo Mendes Alvarinho Contacto 2023
A lemon yellow, elegant aromatic dry white wine, a delicate nose with floral and mineral hints. Full in the mouth with some floral notes, lime, salty and wet stone, soft, dry and complex. A smooth white wine with a fresh, long and very mineral aftertaste. Hard to resist !
Food-Pairing
Ideal with grilled oily fish dishes such as salmon and seafood, oysters or lobster au gratin, roasted white meat dishes such as salad chicken with almonds. Duck & Thon. Also delicious with asparagus in butter sauce
Grapes: 100% Alvarinho
The Alvarinho, called Albariño in Spain, is a white grape variety. In the region of Vinho Verde, the grape is the most important, but also in Rias Baixas (Galicia) good wines are produced. The grape has a thick skin and a reasonable yield. The alcohol content of the wines is quite high. The wines have fruity aromas where apple usually has the upper hand. The grape likes a soil of slate or granite
Grapes come from vineyards along the River Minho, at low altitudes, with a high content of pebbles in the soil. All grapes are deprived and receive a short maceration, followed by a long fermentation at low temperatures of 14 to 18ºC in stainless steel tanks. Finally, the wine ages for 3 months on its lees with periodic battonages.
Alcoholcontent
12,5% vol
pH: 3,33
Store & Serve
Serve at 6 - 8 ºC. To drink from the second half of 2021. To drink up to 6 years after harvest year
Awards & Critics
4/5 - Vivino (299 ratings)
94/100 - Revista Adega Tasted: Oct 2024
Essa é a primeira versão desse vinho, fruto da união das famílias Mendes e Symington. Branco elaborado exclusivamente a partir de uvas Alvarinho, advindas das vinhas próximas ao rio, cultivadas em solos de origem granítica e de textura franco-arenosa, na zona de Monção e Melgaço, no norte do Minho, sem passagem por madeira, mas mantido em contato com suas borras finas em tanques de aço inoxidável por cerca de 3 meses, antes do engarrafamento. Sedutor nos aromas e franco nos sabores, mostra notas florais e de ervas envolvendo suas frutas brancas e de caroço, maduras no ponto certo, equilibradas por vibrante acidez e textura tensa e cremosa, que conferem fluidez e verticalidade ao vinho. Preciso e refinado, tem final cheio e persistente, com toques cítricos, de pêssegos, de pêras, de frutos secos e de umami. Mais que um ótimo Alvarinho, é um grande branco
92/100 - Wine Enthusiast Tasted: Sep 2024
This floral wine, with its jasmine and bitter orange aromas, is ripe and full of rich potential. It is fresh with density and an edge of structure from the skin contact during fermentation. Drink from 2025.
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