Anselmo Mendes - Contact Alvarinho 2021
Anselmo Mendès Vinhos is located in the demarcated region of Vinho Verde in Portugal . It has vineyards in three regions, each planted with a specific grape variety: Alvarinho in the Minho Valley, Loureiro in the Lima Valley and Avesso in the Douro Valley. Anselmo Mendes was born and raised in Monção. It was then, as a child, that he became familiar with the cultivation of the vine and the production of wine. He graduated in agro-industrial engineering in 1987, at the Institute of Higher Education of the Technical University of Lisbon, and post-graduated in oenology at the Catholic University six years later. The Alvarinho grape, and its wine produced there, immediately became part of his life, as today Anselmo Mendes and Alvarinho are synonymous.
Contacto is made from Alvarinho exclusively grown in Monção and Melgaço. The grapes are completely destemmed and undergo a short skin maceration . The wine is aged for at least 4 months on fine lees . It has an aging potential of 10 years.
Grape variety: 100% Alvarinho