Cazas Novas Vinho Verde Colheita Avesso 2021

There is a new style of vinho verde, which alert sommeliers are now happy to buy. This is of a completely different level than the slightly sweet and slightly sparkling wines that you may know from a holiday in Portugal. The new, dry wine is full of ripe fruit and has an attractive freshness, which makes the wine extremely good with dishes.

A small group of producers, including the acclaimed Anselmo Mendes, are causing the quality revolution this area needs. There is life after sauvignon blanc, wrote an English wine writer who was delighted with the Cazas Novas vinho verde. We found this beautiful wine at the small producer Cazas Novas, who works about thirty hectares of their own vineyard in the Baião sub-region. This is the warmest and driest part of the usually cool and humid vinho verde area.

The wines have a ripe and mouth-filling taste, while retaining the fresh, almost mineral character of vinho verde. Anselmo Mendes is a consultant to Cazas Novas and, together with winemaker Diogo Fonseca Lopes, ensures impeccable quality with a clear Mendes signature.

This blend is made from two local grape varieties: avesso (75%) and loureiro (25%). Made completely without contact with oak, preserving the beautiful and distinctive grape aromas. Highly recommended as an introduction to the vinho verde of the future.