Description
Party? This tingling, mildly dry wine dances on your tongue. Due to its low alcohol content (8.5%), it appears nice and light. Goes well with all kinds of snacks.
* Color, taste: white, fresh and dry
* Grape variety: loureiro, trajadura, pedrena, alvarinho
* Country, region: Portugal, Minho
* Delicious with: salad, fish
Vinho Verde is a tingling, fresh white wine from Minho, the region in the north of Portugal. The wine is called Vinho Verde, green wine, because it is best to drink it as young as possible. Then it is at its freshest and fruitiest. Some say, incorrectly by the way, that the name has something to do with the landscape that is so green because it often rains. A few claim that green refers to the light green hue of the wine itself. The Portuguese themselves think that is really nonsense. Anyway, Vinho Verde is usually drunk ice cold, straight from the fridge. This is fresh, soft and comes across as remarkably light due to its low alcohol content (8.5%). That's nice to drink with.
