Loureiro do Tiago 2020
Region: Vinho Verde
Producer: Anselmo Mendes
With this wine, Tiago Mendes significantly elevates the average standard of Loureiro wines. Loureiro often serves as the base for wines with a charming aroma and infectious freshness, but ambitions rarely go beyond that.With this limited-edition Loureiro, Tiago demonstrates that far more is possible.
Total production: 1,700 bottles
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Loureiro |
| Drinking window | 2021-2030 |
| Alc. | 12.0% |
| Vinification | in 400-litre wooden barrels<br /> |
| Ripening | Six months in the wooden barrels where fermentation also took place.<br />The wine was then bottled in the spring of 2021 and aged in the bottle until the autumn of 2025.<br /><br /> |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
The counterpart of his brother's Alvarinho: Tiago took Loureiro, the grape of the floral nose, and did with it exactly what nobody does with Loureiro — fermented it in 400-litre wooden barrels and then left it in them for six months. That combination is the whole reason this bottle exists: the bay-like, floral scent of the grape stays, but a creamy, almost nutty texture comes to sit beneath it. Six years in bottle has let all of that slide completely into place.
Drie gerechten die werken
Pan-fried lemon sole with spinach and pine nuts
Oven-baked salmon trout with dill and lemon
Warm salad of smoked trout and potato
Oven-baked salmon trout with dill and lemon
Warm salad of smoked trout and potato
Vegetarisch
Omelette with fresh herbs and young spinach
Minder geschikt bij
Sharply spiced dishes and anything with plenty of vinegar. A firm grilled crust is too much as well: the floral side of Loureiro is the finest thing here and the first to disappear.
Voor de Portugees geïnspireerde kok
Feijoada de búzios — bean stew with sea snails, a forgotten plate of the Minho coast
Serveren op 11–13 °C