(2010) Nicely ripe, elderflower and passionfruit ripeness, Minho meet Marlborough style, with a certain flinty quality and delightfully full, fresh fruit.
(2010) Orangy spice, some bready notes too, lemon confit lift and lots going on. The palate has a leesy richness, the texture is full and the dry Cox's Pippin fruit is offset by touches of honey and very ripe fruit, the acidity never wavering.
(2010) Lovely nose, with lots of richness and bold pear and ripe, iced melon fruit - the palate has lots of fresh, bold fruit too - model stuff with clarity and precision and a real tang of concentration in the finish.
(2010) Again, 100% Loureiro, for this wine fermented in used oak barriques. Has a little more openness and richness, more herbal notes too and has a richer, much oilier texture, with lots of grapefruit skin richness and tang, and plenty of lime and grapefruit brilliance to the flavour, the lovely acidity pushing through giving this real bite and length in the finish.
(2010) Named after the monastery's Camellia gardens. Quiet a lot of that slightly sweaty, passionfruity character, with bright apple fruit. Does that passionfruity quality mask the varietal. Pithy and lemony on the palate with a tight structure, but I like the way the fruit is wrapped around it, with lots of waxy substance.
(2010) Quite succulent, orangey fruit notes. A little of that tropical character coming through. The palate has a touch of sweet, ripe, almost tropical fruit and a nice finish.
(2010) 30-year-old vines. Leafy, complex, very attractive nose with complex leafy green herb and wax aromas. The palate has glorious clarity, with very good intensity of fruit, staying pin-sharp and focused, with pear and apple skin grip and that acidity and refined fruit pushing through to a long finish.
(2010) Deep colour but still green. Beautifully fruity nose, with lots of limes and wax, very Riesling-like. Little herby notes, but the fruit is ripe and orangy, with lots of flesh and a sweetness, the clarity and precision of the acidity and fruit still perfectly pitched.
(2010) Very pleasant, lemony fresh. Has a pear drop freshness and some herbal nuances. Slight spritz on palate with lovely tang and punch: lots of ripe nectarine juiciness.
(2010) Partial oak ferment for the Arinto, partial skin contact. Rich nose, quite leesy and full, with vegetal notes and a touch of smokiness. Interesting fruit on the palate, the fleshy, melon and the oak adding a little tannin structure and creaminess. Very delicious, with lots of orangy acidity bright in the finish.
