Quinta de Azevedo Alvarinho Escolha 2024
£12.75
The wine
Bright yellow. Ripe stone fruit aromas of peach and apricot on the nose.
Alvarinho is the same grape as Spanish Albariño, grown on both sides of the Minho river that divides the two countries. It gives the fullest and most ageworthy wine in Vinho Verde. Quinta de Azevedo is a sixteenth-century estate at Barcelos in the Vinho Verde, replanted to modern low trellising rather than the traditional high pergolas and equipped with a modern winery.
The producer
Quinta de Azevedo
View all Quinta de Azevedo winesQuinta de Azevedo is one of the most beautiful and celebrated estates in Vinho Verde, its seventeenth-century manor house and vineyards a landmark of Portugal verdant northwest. Part of the Sogrape family, it has long set the standard for the region fresh, aromatic whites.
The vineyards lie in the Cavado valley, where granite soils and a cool, damp Atlantic climate give the wines their signature freshness, delicate spritz and vivid aromatics. Loureiro and Alvarinho are the stars, farmed and vinified with precision.
The range spans the classic, thirst-quenching Vinho Verde, varietal Alvarinho and Loureiro Escolha bottlings, and the ambitious Torre and Honra cuvees that show just how serious and age-worthy the region can be.
Fresh, fragrant and impeccably made, Quinta de Azevedo captures the joy of Vinho Verde while proving its potential for real depth and class.






