Community Tasting Notes 15

• kevkcho Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 30, 2016 - Amazing as usual, great nose of cream, peach and stone fruits, opens with time. Very nice limey, minerally finish. Long aftertaste, great acidity. Stunning.

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• Will Devize wrote: 89 points

  July 10, 2015 - The nose bristles with lime and peach whilst the palate is soft, full and creamy. But for a slightly saggy mid-palate, this would be an absolute blinder.

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• wirelesswine wrote: 92 points

  June 21, 2014 - Wow. This has the zip of a more mundane Vinho Verde but with so much more complexity and body. At this price, it's a steal and was a standout in a lineup of ~6 different white wines served at an all-seafood cookout.

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• milcopa wrote: 93 points

  May 20, 2014 - Nice oak & extended maceration on the vinho verde. EXCELLENT!!!

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• budh wrote: 91 points

  April 25, 2014 - As other TNs note, this is better after some air time - it rounds out to a nice, luscious, layered wine. Citrus, green apple, peach, salinity, white flower, almond, minerality. High acidity, medium+ body (benefits from sur lie aging). Long crisp finish with fruit, nutty, and minerality notes lingering. The skin contact (hence the name Contacto) apparently adds a little zip to an already zippy wine. I love Albarino (or, in this case, Alvarinho) more every time I drink it. Refreshing, complex, layered, delicious.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type White
• Producer Anselmo Mendes
• Varietal Alvarinho
• Designation Contacto
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Portugal
• Region Minho
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Vinho Verde
• UPC Code 5606486180028

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• In Cellars 19 (16%)
• Consumed 98 (84%)

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