Honrado 

Honrado Branco Vinho de Talha DOC 2017 

From an old mixed vineyard of Antão Vaz, Roupeiro and many other vines. Honrado’s consultant winemaker, Paulo Laureano showed me this wine in 2018, saying ‘it was a true wine from talha.’ Opening with neutral aromas, these developed subtle spiced honeyed notes. Slightly honeyed with some viscosity middle-mouth, it carried on with interesting visceral textures from skin tannins, underpinned by acidity. Further airing showed pear skin and peach pit aromas/flavors developing. Overall a well rounded, clean finishing wine. Laureano explained that in the past these wines were served in small water glasses, drunk at room temp, and not with food, intended as something more to share in conversation with friends.