Anselmo Mendes - Contact Alvarinho 2023
Anselmo Mendes Vinhos is located in the Vinho Verde demarcated region of 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 from the Technical University of Lisbon, and a postgraduate degree in oenology from the Catholic University six years later. The Alvarinho grape variety, and its wine produced there, immediately became a part of his life, in to the extent that 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