Mendes & Symington Contacto Alvarinho 2024

Mendes & Symington Contacto Alvarinho 2024$19. 99 on 6+ (use code: 6saves2) 91 pts Wine Advocate Drink Date: 2025 2030 The 2024 Contacto Alvarinho is part of a joint venture with the Symington family, but the brand has existed since 2008, and the Symingtons have had 50% of the brand since 2023. The concept here comes from the skin contact, which varies depending on the acidity and the ripeness; in very warm years, they avoid full skin contact because it lowers acidity. Here we're talking 12

The wine is usually bottled in September following the harvest

but here to the weight is elegant and barely there

versus the larger berries and denser bunches on the deeper soils below

Pair it with grilled duck

The resulting 2023s in bottle are some of the most exotic

Harvest: Hand-harvested

Pairing Suggestions:Ideal with raw or grilled seafood

79 ares) at 100m Exposure: East/west Grapes: ChardonnayVine Age: Planted in 1963 Soil: Chalk Malolactic Fermentation: Spontaneous

lamb meatballs w/ red sauce

the 2020 Cote Rotie Les Journaries (labeled Maestria outside the United States) is a blend of fruit from La Landonne and Côte Brune

that being said

Fermentation: It fermented with indigenous yeast in 4