Quinta de Lourosa 2023 Vinho Verde Branco

The Wine

A classic Vinho Verde, a blend of 50% Arinto, 30% Loureiro and 20% Avesso. 

An absolutely delicious wine, so much so that one has a hard time not drinking multiple
glasses! And with an alcohol of only 12%, it doesn’t punish those instincts. We searched long and hard for a Vinho Verde that was affordable, typical, estate-grown AND of high quality. This was worth the wait.

The Winery

Quinta de Lourosa (Sousela) is in the River Sousa valley, in the heart of the Vinho Verde Route.

With its chapel from the 17th century and its farmhouse eaves from the 18th, the estate has been renewed in the last decades thanks to the efforts of Viticulture Professor Rogério de Castro. The Professor’s affection for the estate is shared by his family: his wife, children and grandchildren all participate in the everyday farm tasks.

Assisted by his daughter, Joana de Castro, winemaker, they turned Quinta de Lourosa into a place where the respect for nature and tradition goes along with technical innovation and experimentation in winegrowing.

Now covering about 30 hectares, Quinta de Lourosa is well known for pioneering the Lys vine training method, a trellising system that enables better sun exposure and the growing of sound, ripe, grapes without risk of sunburned grapes. The result is a balanced, fresh, and fragrant wine, in the best tradition of Vinho Verde making.

Along with a new level of scientific thoroughness, Quinta de Lourosa stands by the primacy of environment protection: the plantation of new vineyards is carried out with the uttermost respect for the landscape and the soil. Ancient watering methods have been recovered, and more rational and ecological techniques have been developed.

The quest for the best way to cultivate the vine is a permanent drive at Quinta de Lourosa: new experimentations in alternative vine conduction are constantly taking place.