Quinta da Raza Branco, Vinho Verde 2021

Quinta da Raza, located in Veade, Celorico de Basto, in the heart of the Vinho Verde region has a history which dates back to the mid-eighteenth century and during that time it's remained in the Teixeira Coelho family and is, nowadays, run by the fifth generation owner, Diogo Teixeira Coelho.

Diogo's involvment began after the death, in 1987, of his grandfather Inácio Xavier de Barros. Today he and wife Mafalda have 40 hectares of prime vineyard, in the sub region of Celorico do Basto. This is in the southern sheltered uplands of Vinho Verde at an altitude of around 250m where the soils are distinctive and they're not too far from the lower reaches of the Douro. They have an excellent small, modern winery at Raza now, but the reds are still made in traditional style by treading in the micro-lagares at the back of old, and rather grand, house built by previous generations.