Compania de Vinos del Atlantico Asnella Vinho Verde 2024 CS20230929 and various Cape botanicals

and various Cape botanicals

nothing filtered

It's known for its delicate

or forget it for another five years

no fining—just pristine fruit and mineral character that opens up beautifully as it breathes

Compania de Vinos del Atlantico Asnella Vinho Verde 2024 CS20230929 and various Cape botanicalsForget the light, fizzy Vinho Verde stereotype Asnella is the serious one. It comes from a single high elevation vineyard in the inland Basto sub region, planted right on a geological fault line where granite meets schist. That split personality shows up in the glass: granite lends weight and depth, schist brings lift and cut. It's dry, still, and concentrated, aged six months on its lees for texture closer in spirit to a taut Gruner than to a