Hugo Mendes - Lisboa Branco

Known as the chief winemaker of the biodymanic Bucelas producer Quinta da Murta (available in BC), Hugo Mendes launched his crowd-funded micro-negociant label in 2016. A step was taken in 2019 to leave Quinta da Murta to fully push this project to the next level. The range hails from Lisboa, Tejo and Alentejo. Hugo likes to work with local varieties and weaves his magic on Lisboa’s traditional work horse varieties - Fernão Pires and Vital – as well as noble Arinto. In Tejo, he is busy elevating Castelão. In Alentejo, Hugo has produced an accomplished talha wine for his ‘Underdog’ cooperation label with XXVI Talhas.
He is now considered as one of the country’s most pioneering and cutting-edge winemakers.

Organic. Fernão Pires (45%) + Arinto (45%) + Vital (10%) grown in chalky-clay vineyards in the Alenquer subregion. Dry <1.5g/l

Complex, herbal aroma. Evoking spicy/sour burnished gold on the nose and palate. Hard to describe this but it does have a strong cedar-like note of aged Arinto. Lean but so full-flavoured. Green but ripe flavours. Utterly mouth-watering and intense. Tastes very youthful/lively even with that cedary char 17acter and should continue to age well.

17 Jancis Robinson

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Country Portugal

Sub-Category: Lisboa

Market BC

Product Category: White wine

Producer: Hugo Mendes

SKU BC: 379319

Case format: 12 bottles

Volume: 750ml

Accolades: 17 JR

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