Region
Vinho Verde · Monção & Melgaço
Along the Minho river frontier, granite solares and pergola vines produce Alvarinho of extraordinary tension and ageing potential.
Soils
Granite & alluvial
Climate
Cool, humid Atlantic
Signature grapes
Alvarinho · Loureiro · Trajadura · Avesso
The estates
Other estates
4 estatesVinho Verde · Monção & Melgaço
Quinta de Soalheiro
Melgaço · Est. 1974
Pioneers of Melgaço Alvarinho — the first planted in the sub-region; mineral, precise and long-ageing.
Vinho Verde · Monção & Melgaço
Palácio da Brejoeira
Monção · Est. 1806
A neoclassical palace and national monument whose Alvarinho was among the first to earn international acclaim.
Vinho Verde · Monção & Melgaço
Anselmo Mendes
Melgaço · Est. 1998
'Mr Alvarinho' — the winemaker who proved Monção & Melgaço Alvarinho can age like great white Burgundy.
Vinho Verde · Monção & Melgaço
Quinta da Aveleda
Penafiel · Est. 1671
A romantic family manor with follies, ponds and garden pavilions, guardian of five centuries of Vinho Verde tradition.