2024 Anselmo Mendes Muros Antigos Alvarinho [WE92]

Producer: Anselmo Mendes  Region: Vinho Verde, Portugal  Varietal: Albariño  Year: 2024  Wine Enthusiast, 92 Points  "A dense wine from the Minho Valley, this delivers swathes of white-fruit flavors. The wine has great acidity, bright fruitiness and potential richness as it matures. Drink from 2023."  About the Producer:  "Anselmo Mendes is, simply put, one of Portugal’s most revered winemakers. A native son of Monção (which, along with neighboring Melgaço, where his cellar is located, is one of the top Alvarinho crus in the country), he hails from an agricultural family that, like most in the area, dabbled in wine for household production. It wasn’t until after university studies in agronomy that he began to specialize in wine, studying in both Portugal and France and enjoying a rapidly rising star as one of the most sought-after consulting winemakers in Portugal. The Muros Antigos wines are all unoaked and see long, slow fermentations at low temperature with indigenous yeasts. The le