Vinho Verde 2010
Adega Cooperativo Regional de Monção
Portugal
60% Alvarinho, 40% Trajadura
Summer approaches and it’s
time for Vinho Verde! This wine is light
lemon yellow in color, with floral notes and hints of quince, apricot &
apple crisp spices that provide an underlying rich/lush quality. This is ultimately light and dry however,
seeing no oak. Clean and crisp on the
palate and characteristically effervescent, it has lively minerality along with great
acidity. Astonishingly complex and simple
all at once, this is maximum expression of the Vinho Verde terroir. Low alcohol content (11.5%)!
Simply delicious and hugely refreshing.
Pair with seafood, sip by itself
or absolutely bring it along for a picnic on the beach!
Luis Moya recommends enjoying it with fresh crab!
Vinho Verde is a wine that
comes from northwest Portugal bordering the Rias Baixas region of northwest Spain, right on the Atlantic Ocean. The soil is
pure slate, with some granite, which is where all that amazing minerality comes
from! (In Spain the soil is more sand and clay). The grapes are a blend of Trajadura
and Alvarinho, the same that they use to make Albarino in Rias Baixas. The wine is also similar in style to the white
wine Txakolina in the Basque region of Spain. Stay tuned for more fabulous wines from these areas!
This video with Luis
Moya is excellent and gives you a real feel for the Vinho Verde.
Check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKJlvMh8Ezk
Comes to us through CRUSH Distributors. Available at: Browne Trading Co., Rosemont Markets and Downeast Beverage in Portland. Frontier in Brunswick.
$11.99 at Rosemont /Munjoy.
$11.99 at Rosemont /Munjoy.
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