Quinta do Regueiro Alvarinho Trajadura 2019

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 There are wines that as soon as we finish them we feel an urge to go back to them in a near future.

Some people may make mental notes, other keep a personal block which can either be analogical or digital. In fact, I have to confess that the main purpose of this blog is to help me keep track to some of the wines that have impressed me.

And this is the case of this Quinta do Regueiro.   

From the first sip that this wine has shown an incredible freshness along with a unique character revealing key elements from the Vinho Verde region: good acidity with an intense lemon taste and a somewhat mineral taste translating in a perfect way the terroir. 

After having led it breathe a bit, the tastes have matured in a gentle and fascinating way, making it one the best Verdes I have ever drunk. 

It also has a tremendous gastronomic versatility which impels me to try it again some when soon and keep on enjoying the pleasures offered by this wine.

This is exactly the same that happens with some poems like this Dear Melissa by T C Tolbert which has been a perfect companion for such an extraordinary wine:

 

who has never been holy won’t be won’t let it in

what has died has been familiar and would be born

where before I knew you nothing came and could be

come face of my face flesh of my flesh      what it was

came into my hands      so little comes and so pulled

back the body where it was      we who listen to holes

pull ourselves down inside them      who cannot come

call down walls pull down what we pour into us

holy holy      what cannot be ever in the hands pulling

pouring what was I knew you into the hands I was

a body to be held and holy singing of nothing comes

a body      what is holy      born wholes all of us pulling

into what was poured      then hold      hold      I knew you

what cannot be punctured cannot be born what it was

 

18/20
Country: Portugal
Region: Vinho Verde
Grapes:Trajadura; Alvarinho

12,5%
Winemaker: Paulo Cerdeira Rodrigues, Jorge Sousa Pinto
 Website: https://quintadoregueiro.com/quinta-do-regueiro.html#vinhos
Location: Hamburg, Germany

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