| 15.5 / 20 |
Region: Açores
Country: Portugal
Unlike most wines from the Azores, which are made in Pico, this one comes from another island: Graciosa. Made with Verdelho, arinto and boal this wine is remarkable for its sense of place or origin. Its aromas and flavors definitely bring to mind the islands from where it comes, as there's a strong mineral undertone that evokes the volcanic soil where these grapes are grown.
It's a light, dry and fresh white wine where the bouquet shows some citrus, a hint of vegetable notes and that mineral quality.
Sustained, discreet and subtle both in the nose and in the palate, it nevertheless shows a good, dry persistence with a mineral aftertaste.
Track this down for a different white wine.
Tasted on 2011-06-24
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