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Anselmo Mendes
Monção e Melgaço (IG Minho)
Champagne method. Alvarinho soul.
On every bottle
Every bottle comes with a card
One side tells you what to eat with it and what it tastes like. The other side is empty — write a note and the bottle becomes a present.
The front
What to eat with it
Two dishes that work with this wine, two flavours you'll notice, and the right temperature to pour it. No wine-speak.
The back
Room for your note
Lines for a name, a few words and your signature. Have it sent straight to someone and they get a card you wrote, not a packing slip.
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Profile
Occasion
Grape
Alvarinho
ABV
12%
Temp
6–9°C
Drink
2025–2030
Bottle
75 cl
Why it's on our shelf
I first encountered Anselmo Mendes at a tasting in Lisbon — he's something of a legend in Portugal, the man who almost single-handedly put Monção e Melgaço on the map as a serious wine region. This sparkling is his most unexpected wine: 100% Alvarinho made in the classic method, second fermentation in bottle, zero dosage. No other region does this with Alvarinho. I stock it because it answers a question I get asked often: something sparkling that isn't Champagne and isn't Prosecco.
— Berthe & Moritz
Critic scores
Suckling
93/100
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