I continue to find some interesting white wines from Portugal. This wine is from one of the highest Douro wine making areas and is a new project from Rui Roboredo Madeira (CARM).
2012 Vinhos de Altitude-Beyra "Quartz" Beira Interior.
2 new grapes to me....Siria and Fonte Cal. $19 Cdn, 12% alc, good natural cork.
Light straw color, no green and very bright looking. Lime zest,mineral nose, some floral as it opens, "grapefruit and straw" from across the table.
Entry is quite dry, medium-bodied, big acidity here. Lengthy finish here, grapefruit, good rounded mid-palate. I let it stand for an hour to open up and found more mineral tones. I did not serve too chilled as I thought I would get more from this white. I need to do more research on this very interesting new arrival.
http://www.beyra.com/en/