Manoel Pedro Guedes founded Aveleda 150 years ago, and quickly reached an international market with his Vinho Verde. Over decades of slow expansion, Aveleda became the largest winery in Vinho Verde. While they work with roughly 20% of all growers in Vinho Verde, the winery remains under the control of Manoel’s great grandchildren Martim and Antonio. While the foundation of Aveleda’s business remains the fizzy,  inexpensive thirst-quencher, the winery has lately put its considerable resources into creating more site-specific wines that celebrate Vinho Verde’s terroir. This bottling comes from the relatively rare pockets of schist soil. With relatively more root-to-rock contact, schist transmits significantly more mineral sensation to the grapes above. When paired with Alvarinho – a grape that can hold an enormous amount of mineral content – the result is a wine with excellent tension and aromatic depth. Aromas of lime and lemon and tangerine combine with touches of salt and slate and guava. The palate is taut and lean, packed with citrus zest and salt water. Solidly built, with formidable texture and bursting with proper Vinho Verde acidity that carries a lasting finish of slate and lime. This is an excellent fit for Paella, or anything else featuring shrimp.