Ai Galera Mistico Branco, Tejo NV
£11.25
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A great value Portuguese white wine with vibrant citrus and tropical fruit flavours
- A blend of Fernão Pires and Verdelho grapes.
- Unoaked and fermented at low temperatures to preserve freshness and fruit flavours.
- Produced in the sometimes overlooked Tejo region - a great source of good value wines.
- A versatile dry white wine which would work well for parties or as an aperitif.
- Try pairing this with grilled seafood in the sunshine!
- Grape variety: Verdelho, Maria Gomes (Fernão Pires)
- Vintage: NV
- Type/Colour: White
- Alcohol: 12%
- Bottle Size: 75cl
- Group: Tejo
'A blend of local varieties verdelho and fernão pires from the Tejo region south of Lisbon, this is just the kind of thing for a picnic or party, a breezy, light tropical-fruit salad of a dry white with an easy-drinking softness of texture and perky acidity.' - David Williams, The Observer, June 2018
'Very few places are capable of matching the bang-for-buck ratio coming out of Portugal's Tejo region.
Take Alliance Wine's Ai Galera brand, for example. Arrestingly packaged with imagery inspired by the history of the region south of Lisbon, it's the wine that inspired the judges (who were, of course, tasting blind).
An unoaked blend of Fernao Pires and a dollop of Verdelho, from vineyards around Leziria and Charneca planted on sandy-loam and sandy-clay soils, it has "an expressive nose, good acidity and texture and good fruit quality of lemon, pear and melon," the judges said. "Good price point, a point of interest and a great introduction to Tejo wines." - The Wine Merchant Top 100 2018
The previously undervalued Tejo region in Portugal , lying to the south of Lisbon, is capable of producing wines of enormous value and character - something that is captured by Ai Galera. Inspired by the long, and sometimes extremely colourful history of the region - most notably the life of literati Marchioness Leonor of Távora, Ai Galera's arresting imagery and even more arresting wine quality demands and hollers for your attention. Incredible value, intriguing indigenous varieties and supreme drinkability all add up to wines that thrill.