Aphros Vinho Verde Lima Loureiro 2022 alvarinho Very little sulfur

Very little sulfur

finish rounds into smoked herbs and a dash of salt

Fernando Paiva’s Quinta da Palmirinha is still one of only a handful of wineries in Portugal to qualify

The acidity in the wine seems to float along the palate

The parameters show the contained but good ripeness

Aphros Vinho Verde Lima Loureiro 2022 alvarinho Very little sulfurVasco Croft grew up in Lisbon, but spent his summers in the Lima region of Vinho Verde at a family owned farm. A lifelong interest in biodynamics informed his work when he took over the property in 2004, but it wasnt until a chance bottle of wine shared with a Buddhist monk whose name, sadly, we do not know that Vasco turned his thoughts to wine. Aphros is among the first Biodynamic wineries in the rainy Vinho Verde region, and makes red and white