Grape · White

Verdelho

Also known as Gouveio in Douro

Moderate climate

About

A traveller among grapes: on Madeira it makes the medium-dry style, smoky and tangy after long cask aging, while in Australia's Hunter Valley it gives sunny, unoaked dry whites full of lime and honeysuckle. Known as Gouveio in the Douro. High natural acidity keeps both lives fresh.

Typical profile

Body

Moderate

Acidity

Bright

Sweetness

Medium-sweet

Aromas

What the grape gives up young, and what it grows into with time in bottle.

Young · fresh from the glass

lime white peach honeysuckle green mango fresh herbs

Aged · develops with bottle time

dried apricot toasted hazelnut candied orange smoke honey

Explore aromas

Oak influence

Possible

Aging

Table wines peak inside 5 years; cask-aged Madeira is effectively ageless.

Growing regions

How the grape expresses across places, grouped by country. Chips call out how a region's style deviates from the grape's default.

Australia

Hunter Valley

A Hunter signature since the 1830s: sunny, unoaked dry whites full of lime and honeysuckle, made for drinking young.

Portugal

Madeira

The medium-dry style, smoky and tangy after long cask aging, from cooler north-coast and mid-slope vineyards.

Food pairings

grilled prawnsThai curryroast chickensemi-hard cheesecharcuterie