Quinta de Santiago Sou Branco 2023 Vinho Verde 75cl

Quinta de Santiago is a producer from Monção focused on small-scale production, authenticity, and a strong connection to the terroir. The estate's vineyards are based on clay-loam soils with pebbles, in a unique microclimate of Monção and Melgaço.

🍇 Region: Vinho Verde: Monção and Melgaço

👨‍🔬 Winemaker: Nuno Mira do Ó

🌱 Grape varieties: Alvarinho

🛠️ Winemaking: A joint project between Quinta de Santiago and Nuno Mira do Ó, with minimal intervention, to express the rawest and purest side of the terroir.

⏳ Stage: Stage focused on enhancing texture, freshness, and persistence.

🌿 Vineyards: Monção and Melgaço, in an authentic and irreverent interpretation of Alvarinho wine.

🧪 Analysis:
Alcohol content: 13%

👃 Organoleptic Test:
- Color: Citrine and elegant.
Aroma: Complex, with apricot, lemon leaf, spices, wildflowers, and wet stone.
- Palate: Excellent texture, freshness and persistence, with a long, intense and delicious finish.

⏳ Potential for Evolution: Excellent potential for evolution in the bottle.

🍽️ Serving suggestion: A great gastronomic choice; pairs well with salads, seafood, grilled fish, tuna, pickled dishes, poultry, and richer dishes. Serve between 10ºC and 12ºC.