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Winery: Aveleda
Varietal: 40% Arinto 30% Loureiro 20% Trajadura 10% Azal
Region: Vinho Verde, Portugal
Vintage: NV
Bottle Size: 750 ml

Product Code: PRAIAVINHOVERDE-W

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About This Wine:

The winery is a family business started in 1947, but the Guedes family has been producing wine for more than three centuries. The premises are located in the heart of the Vinho Verde region.

"Leading producer of Vinho Verde in Portugal; quaffable wines for every day."
- Anthony Dias Blue's pocket guide to wine 2006


What Does It Taste Like?

40% Arinto, 30% Loureiro, 20% Trajadura  and 10% Azal. The grapes are pressed at low pressures. The must is then clarified and fermented at controlled temperatures with selected yeasts. Before bottling, the wine is filtered and cold stabilized.

The grapes are carefully selected from the best vineyards of the Vinho Verde region - the most extensive in Portugal.
The region is typical for its unique wines that are fresh and light, combined with a very well balanced acidity. These characteristics result from the region's unique soil and climate, with a strong Atlantic influence that you will identify when you taste it.

Praia, which means beach in Portuguese, is a smooth and fresh wine with delicate and lovely fruity flavors. Slightly spritzy, it is well balanced and very refreshing.

The wine is ideal as an aperitif or throughout a meal, especially with fish, seafood, white meat and salads.  Due to it freshness, it is particularly pleasant in a relaxed and informal ambiance.

"Full of fruit, a lasting peach flavor targeted with laserlike acidity through the finish. It has the bite of salty ocean air and a lot of zing. For langoustines."

What: a range of top-notch Vinho Verde and Douro wines at prices that encourage overindulgence.

Standout: Made from the Guedes family's best selection of fruit, is filled with peach fruit and saline acidity.

Ratings / Reviews:

Wine & Spirits Magazine - 92 Points & TOP 100 VALUES OF THE YEAR



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4th Time is the Charm August 16, 2011
Reviewer: Neil Mitchell from Sunnyvale, CA United States  
Never heard of Vinho Verde until this year. This is  the fourth Vinho Verde which I have tried this year. The first three I tried (purchased elsewhere) were garbage, and had written Vinho Verde off, until I said "Ok...one more try" with this one.

If you are looking for an easy to drink, light, uncomplicated weekday wine, give it a try.

Its light fruity without being sweet, sharp without being too acidic, spritzy and not carbonated... pleasant and  enjoyable, soft and light.

I would purchase this again.

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