Granit Mineral Selection Monção e Melgaço Alvarinho

This is an extraordinary wine from the prestigious Monção e Melgaço sub-region of Vinho Verde. Not at all hyperbole to say that this wine shows like a 1er cru Chablis—wow. I’m laying down a case for ten years (very age worthy)

Physically Distanced 🚧 but Socially Close 🤗 2020 Independence Day Party 🇺🇲 🥳 with several members of our Tastevin crew.🍷 Proof that our palates are wider than Burgundy, outside of sanctioned events.🍾
Notes may be light, scores will be honest. 💯🦄

Predominantly baked apples and poached pear that hints at peach and pear nectar with a vein of lime

Borderlines rich in flavor yet stays crisp and energetic with a mineral finish

Mellow tropical fruits, peach schnapps, lemon zest, peony, white tea, orange blossom water, sea salt. Super fresh, citrusy and floral. Nice clean finish.

This wine is excellent. Bright, fresh, yeasty. Orange blossoms, white flowers, and as advertised tons of minerality.

With the LT. nice discovery

Wow that nose! There is chalk and lemon peel, to that point that I could be thrown off-pace to Chablis here. There are some pear notes too that linger in the back. The palate is a joy... There is a massive acid backbone that makes it a very long wine. There is width and matter, giving it presence. There are lemon peel and pear notes all along, along with a chalky, dusty mouthfeel on the sides. The finish is long, extended, with pear notes and that slight lemon peel thing which goes away somehow in the end. That's clearly a very serious vinho Verde here! I'm a big fan

Deep mineralogy, nice!

Good Albariño but not top-notch. A little too lemony in the finish.

Citrus 🍊 🍋