R 1 - MINHO - DOC  V I N H O  V E R D E  .
Home to VINHO VERDE , a distinctive Portuguese wine style that is light and crisp. The style may vary depending on the nine sub-regions : Alvarinho wines from Monçao for example are drier and fuller bodied, whereas those from Loureiro grapes in central Minho show more perfume and finesse.Curiously, in the region itself re vinho verde is highly popular. All share the common denominator of needing to be drunk young -preferably within a year or two of release. The countryside is lovely seemingly endless lush,rolling hills with plots of vine at every turn often shrouded in veils of mist and architecture dominated by the stark grey of local granite, seen to best effect in the splendid old cities of Braga and Guimaraes.

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Groetjes van LucieBondt, vanuit een zomers Cascais , met waarden boven 25º !