Minho Vinhao 2012 Aphros

Aromatic, medium-body Red
Grape: Vinhao
Region: Portugal> Minho.
Notes: Biodynamic. Granite tank + oak vats.

What more do you need to know than that Vasco Croft, an architect, educator and devotee of Rudolf Steiner (of Biodynamic movement), discovered the mysteries of wine in his mid-thirties through the intervention of a Brazilian Buddhist monk? He has already blazed a trail through the English press, with luminaries leading the praise. In person he is as vivid, energetic and unbuttoned as his wines. Spicy spike under a sappy cassis, sour cherry, and wild berry fruit. Showing a creamy softness and mature tannins, without loosing the brilliant acidity with its backbone of granitic minerality, this wine has become a new classic among Portuguese wines

Food Pairing: red meats, game, charcuterie, hard cheese.