Quinta Soalheiro Primeiras Vinhas 13% abv 75cl

Primeiras Vinhas has a bright lemon to golden-yellow colour.
On the nose concentrated ripe fruit aroma with buttery notes and plenty of spice. It boasts an elegant, vibrant flavour that is very firm and tropical tasting in its youth and gets bigger with ageing. Its full body perfectly balances with a crisp acidity.

These complexities are due to the early ripening of the Alvarinho on the suntrap, nicknamed 'Soalheiro', where their first vineyard is located.

The Primeiras Vinhas Alvarinho Vinho Verde is 85% fermented in stainless steel and 15% in oak.

"The 2022 Primeiras Vinhas comes from the plot of Alvarinho that gives the name “Soalheiro” to the project, the place where the first vines were planted in 1974. Whole bunches had a soft pressing to avoid extracting too much tannin, which can give a bitter twist to the wine. The juice fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel, used barrels and 5,000-liter oak vats, with some 15% of the volume in oak and without temperature control. It was kept with lees until April and then blended. It has 13% alcohol, a pH of 3.17 and 5.8 grams of acidity, parameters of a riper and warmer year. It has a complex nose and less fruit character. It’s serious, defined and balanced with a chalky sensation, vibrant and fresh but with a rounder palate and a dry finish. 20,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2023."
93 Points. Luis Gutiérrez, Robertparker.com (April 2024)