Quinta de Santiago, Vinha do Chapim Alvarinho, Vinho Verde, Portugal, 2022 (Albarino)

Overview of the Wine
Quinta de Santiago is a family-owned farm spanning 7.5 hectares (18.5 acres) along the banks of the Minho River in the Monção and Melgaço sub-region of Vinho Verde. It has been in the Santiago family since 1899. For about 100 years, Quinta de Santiago's main activity was the production of wines, olive oil, lupine, cereals, milk, meat, and fruit for self-consumption. Grapes grown in the vineyards were sold to large cooperatives in the region. This changed in 2009 and from the passion and determination of then owner, Grandma Mariazinha Santiago (age 86), her children, and grandchildren, a boutique winery was born.

At the head of the family's winery is Joana Santiago, a self-described “authentic Minho woman” - driven to honor her family's heritage. It is from a multi-generation devotion to the family's land and vineyards that the special qualities of Quinta de Santiago are rooted. Santiago family combine tradition, modernity, and enthusiasm to create authentic wines expressing the terroir of the region's and farm's native varietals.

Origin
Monção & Melgaco, Portugal

Winemaker's Tasting Notes
Displays citrus color. The aroma is elegant and complex with notes of citrus, lychees and orange blossom. Rich, full-bodied, persistent with freshness and minerality typical of the variety.

Granite soils. Planted in magnificent amphitheaters, half hillside, in a unique microclimate, protected by the mountains of Portugal and Spain, giving it big thermal amplitude.

Product Size: 750ml