Quinta de Azevedo Loureiro Escolha 2023

Quinta de Azevedo Loureiro Escolha 

Region: Vinho Verde, Portugal

Vintage: 2023

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Loureiro

ABV: 12%

Notes: Vegetarian

Bright yellow in colour, the wine offers exuberant notes of tropical passion fruit and mango on the nose. The palate is well balanced with a fresh acidity, flavours of tropical fruit, grapefruit and lemon, and a creaminess resulting from the oak ageing. The finish is long, lingering, and pleasant.

The grapes for this wine came solely from the Quinta de Azevedo vineyards, which are planted on unique transitional schist soils. These are a rarity in the Minho region (where cooler granite soils predominate), and allow the grapes to ripen more fully, evenly and earlier. Leaving behind the traditional high-trained pergolas of the region, the Quinta de Azevedo vineyards were devised using a modern cordon-trained system, to ensure better exposure of the grapes and aeration of the vine canopy, resulting in riper and healthier fruit at harvest. The vineyards are farmed following sustainable practices, with cover crops planted between the vines rows to help to improve soil health, absorb excess rainwater and encourage biodiversity in the vineyard.

The wine was aged for six months on lees with frequent stirring, with a portion (15%) aged in used French oak barrels. After bottling the wine was aged for a further three months prior to release.

The Azevedo estate is located in the Vinho Verde sub-region of Cávado, just 25 kilometres from the Atlantic coast. The land was granted to the Azevedo family by royal decree in the 12th century and the manor house and tower (seen on the labels) date back to the 15th century. However, this fantastic history is in contrast to a very modern approach to viticulture and winemaking.

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