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Shellfish, Vegetarian, Appetizers and snacks

Minimum aging of 3 months on fine lees with regular bâtonnage.

Grapes picked by hand in small boxes and transported to the cellar in a short time. Total destemming. Short pellicular maceration. Medium clarification done by cold. Long fermentation at low temperature: 14-18ºC.

Anselmo Mendes, recognized not only for the excellence of the wines he produces but for the surprising and consistent way in which he innovates. Combining the use of ancestral techniques, such as tanning, or winemaking methods such as Alvarinho fermentation in oak casks, it asserts itself in Portugal and abroad with an original project and its own identity.