Little ole wine drinker me (us?)

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More summer sun, more vinho verde:

This has to be one of my favourite styles of summer wines, always cool and refreshing. Sometimes with a slight spritz, sometimes not; do not mind either. A perfect apero and always good with anything from the sea or salads. Sadly these are the last bottles of my vinho verde, it has been a wonderful adventure.

Ermelinda Vinhos Gabia Loureiro 12% - good quality; fresh and elegant.
Adega Guimaraes 11% - good; very, very slight spritz that disappears quickly; light and fruity; produced by one of Sogrape’s* many outfits.
Quevedo Radiante 9% - very good; no spritz, clean and zesty; cool label !

*Sogrape is Portugal's largest producer by far; it has many companies under its umbrella ranging from cheap 'n' cheerful Mateus Rosé to the astonishingly expensive Barca Velha. The Azevedo a few posts above is also a Sogrape wine.

 

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A vinous miscellany:

2005 Moulin Touchais, Coteaux du Layon 13.5% - dessert wine from the Loire Valley; sweet, rich, superb balance, mouth-filling, long, very long; quite superb; hugely underrated and undiscovered; could probably last another 10 years easily
Yuli Chardonnay, Migdal, Moldova 13% - second label partly reads “moderate sweetness will satisfy lovers of semi-dry fruity wine”, possibly a translation of the Moldovan Cyrillic above the English. It went down the sink. Would not pay the £3.15 that I originally paid again! Interesting label though. No year indicated.
Luda & Mara White Cuvée, Tikves, North Macedonia 13.5% - another wine with no second label, so no information e.g. country of origin, vintage, abv, grapes etc. A search found country, abv and grapes - chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and viognier. Unlike the Moldovan, this was very pleasant, fresh and fruity, could identify sauvignon, a good apero.