{"product_id":"anselmo-mendes-vinho-verde-alvarinho-expressoes-2021-750ml","title":"Anselmo Mendes, Vinho Verde Alvarinho 'Expressoes', 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe name means expressions, and it is literal: Quinta da Torre sits on eight distinct soil types, from sandy alluvial ground to granite, and Anselmo Mendes picks and keeps them separate at harvest rather than running everything across a sorting table, then blends them back together here. Mendes is the man most responsible for Vinho Verde's shift from spritzy and disposable to serious, having started experimenting with barrel-aged Alvarinho in 1987 and made the region's first skin-fermented whites in 2001. For this cuvee the fruit is destemmed but not crushed, gently pressed, and fermented in used 400-liter French oak, where it spends nine months on the lees with regular stirring before another two years in bottle ahead of release. Around 6,000 bottles were made. It is richer and more textural than the Alvarinho most people know, without losing the grape's citrus cut, and it wants a proper glass and cellar temperature rather than an ice bucket.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skurnik [MSK]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46255983329337,"sku":"NYC-MSK-`PT-MND-20-21`-072826-42","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Anselmo-Mendes-Vinho-Verde-Alvarinho-Expressoes-2021-White-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1786631982","url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/products\/anselmo-mendes-vinho-verde-alvarinho-expressoes-2021-750ml","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}