Arca Nova Rosé

Quinta das Arcas

Vintage: 2021
Grape: 60% Alvarinho / 40% Trajadura
Region: Minho/Vinho Verde
Country: Portugal
Style: Rosé
Price band: Under $20

What the producer is held to

Certified — audited by somebody else

Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Programme (WASP)

Claimed — the producer’s own word for it

organic

A certification is a standard a third party checks against; a practice is a description the producer applies to itself. The difference is the whole argument. What the words mean.

No tasting note. This catalogue records what a bottle has been held to, not what we thought of the glass — the notes are in the book.

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More like this.

The same style first, then the same colour, then the same country. A shared certification is not a family resemblance, so it is not a reason to turn up here.