Alvarinho Parcela Unica (3L) 2021
Region: Vinho Verde
Producer: Anselmo Mendes
1 perceel geeft jaar na jaar de beste druiven bij Anselmo Mendes. Sedert 2009 bottelt hij zijn allerbeste Alvarinho apart onder de toepasselijke naam 'Parcela Unica'.
Met Parcela Unica toont Anselmo hoe Alvarinho zeer hoogstaande witte wijn oplevert. De productie is beperkt tot zo'n 3000 flessen.
| Volume | 300.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | alvarinho |
| Drinking window | 2023-2035 |
| Alc. | 13.0% |
| Vinification | in gebruikte houten vaten |
| Ripening | in gebruikte houten vaten gedurende 9 maanden |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
At Anselmo Mendes one single plot gives the best grapes year after year, and since 2009 he has bottled them separately: Parcela Unica. Nine months in used wooden barrels, so texture and volume without vanilla landing on your plate. This is the top of his Alvarinhos and also the most built: deep yellow fruit, a salty minerality and a finish that carries on for a long time. Complexity twelve against a weight of ten — there is more to discover in it than there is weight in it.
Pan-fried monkfish medallions with roasted garlic
Pork tenderloin with grilled peach
Serveren op 11–13 °C
Drink: 2025–2040
“The 2021 Parcela Única is an Alvarinho sourced from a specific plot from the Quinta da Torre Quinta da Torre, 5.5 hectares with more boulders, a mixture of alluvial and fluvial terrace, where they also take the riper bunches, the lower ones on the vines. It fermented and matured in new 400-liter oak barrels with a minimal toast, where the wine matured with full lees for nine months. The challenge here is to find an oak that doesn't mark the wine beyond a gentle smoke, and the wine is not oaky at all. In fact, the wine is closed and more reductive, which should mean the wine is going to age well in bottle. He selected this plot because it produces grapes with very good acidity. What I find here is that the wine is vibrant and precise, with purity of flavors and aromas, rich but fresh and with a very long, stony/mineral finish. And it's not oaky! Bravo! 8,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2022.”
We were there when Anselmo launched his first wines under his own name and we are still following him. Meanwhile, he grew to become 'mister Alvarinho'.
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