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Hugo Mendes Vital

Name: Hugo Mendes Vital
Brand: Hugo Mendes
SKU: 105081
Price: 22.99 GBP
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2020, 75cl

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The producer, tasting note published in 27/03/2023

A citrus wine that is acidulous, light, aromatic and evolved. Simple aromas, still quite closed but clean and pleasant.

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About this Wine

The vital grape variety has been widely used in the past. essentially a filling variety. Neutral and of volume it could never be considered a noble variety by modern standards of aromatic and expressive wines. I decided to take it and try it. I liked the result right from the start. Spontaneous fermentation in a well clarified must, the wine always proved to be austere, vegetal and not very expressive, but with signs of robustness. It fermented 30% in barrels to give it mouth and structure. Bottled early to evolve in bottle. It is a wine that intends to be a good tool to study the grape variety, while I am convinced it will have a long life in bottle.

Type:	White Wine
Region:	Portugal
Grape Variety:	Vital
Pairing:	Salads, Fish, Seafood, Sushi
Bottle Size:	75cl
Contains sulphites	Yes

About this Winery

Born and raised in Ribeira de Santarém, Hugo Mendes studied Biotechnological Engineering but his passion for wines spoke louder and since the 2006 vintage he has been fully dedicated to oenology. A lover of communicating art to consumers, he is a regular presence on social networks. Since 2008 he feeds a blog dedicated to uncomplicate oenology for oenophiles. He became a producer in his own name at the 2016 harvest, and for that he carried out the first crowdfunding, in Portugal, to finance a wine.

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