100% Alvarinho (Albariño). Sustainably grown vines planted from 1910-2005 in granite soil at 20-250 m (68- 820 ft) elevation. This wine is entirely unoaked, with grapes selected at the winery and subjected to a lengthy, cool fermentation. Racking, primary filtration, and cold stabilization. The wine then spends four months in stainless steel tanks, undergoing filtration prior to bottling in February.
Crafted by reknowned winemaker, Alberto Orte, Nortico comes from over 100 small vineyard plots in Monção and Melgaço, on the border with Spain's Galicia province, known as the best Alvarinho-growing area in Portugal. Unlike other wines from the larger Vinho Verde area, Nortico has no added CO2, making for a richer, fuller, well-balanced wine. Albariño/Alvarinho is the grape to watch for age-worthy, world-class wines, and Nortico is the perfect introduction.
