2012 Anselmo Mendes Alvarinho Contacto

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 89.6 points

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  4/30/2016 - kevkcho Likes this wine: 92 Points

  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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  7/10/2015 - Will Devize wrote: 89 Points

  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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  6/21/2014 - wirelesswine wrote: 92 Points

  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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  5/20/2014 - milcopa wrote: 93 Points

  Nice oak & extended maceration on the vinho verde. EXCELLENT!!!

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  4/25/2014 - budh wrote: 91 Points

  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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