2024 Nortico, Minho, Alvarinho

Vinho Verde gets a bad rap — and Alvarinho from Monção e Melgaço is the grape that changes minds.

Nortico sources from over 100 small, hand-farmed plots in the northern Minho, where granite soils and mountain shelter produce Alvarinho with a little more substance than the average summer sipper. Cool fermentation, four months on the lees, no shortcuts — just clean, honest winemaking that lets the variety do its thing.

2024 was a bright, focused vintage — a long mild ripening season kept the acidity lively and the wine crisp and refreshing. There's a saline, mineral edge that makes it genuinely moreish, with enough texture to hold its own at the dinner table.

This is your go-to white for seafood, light pasta, or an easy weeknight pour. Alvarinho at its most approachable — fresh, coastal, and endlessly drinkable.