2023 Hugo Mendes Skin-Fermented Arinto, Portugal Bastian Benny upholding Jules’ high standards and

upholding Jules’ high standards and progressively pushing the domaine to the next level

which is ‘slate’ in Spanish

beautiful high quality tea leaves

tons of energy

a bit of sulfur at bottling

2023 Hugo Mendes Skin-Fermented Arinto, Portugal Bastian Benny upholding Jules’ high standards and100% Arinto fermented and aged on the skins for about 6 months, but don't let the length of time on the skins fool you, this is a bright, lightly textured curtimenta that is using its phenolic richness to balance out Arinto's natural wealth of acidity, all while retaining the mineral purity of a fantastic white wine. I'm not sure how he strikes that balance. Like I said, wizard.