Hugo Mendes Lisboa Pitau Branco 2024 JURARARE yet routinely performs at the

yet routinely performs at the level of a Third or Fourth Growth

non-peated and matured and aged in American oak bourbon casks

The aim is unapologetically grand: identify Oregon's Grand Cru sites and bottle them with site-specific precision

crushed strawberries

farmers who worked hard and drank well

Hugo Mendes Lisboa Pitau Branco 2024 JURARARE yet routinely performs at theHugo Mendes is one of the most interesting young voices in Portuguese wine. He worked his way up from cellar hand to head winemaker at Quinta da Murta in Bucelas before going independent in 2019. His debut vintage in 2016 was famously funded through a pioneering crowdfunding campaign while he was still at Quinta da Murta. He focuses on Lisboa's overlooked white grapes: Arinto, Fernao Pires, Vital, with a touch of Alvarinho. Pitau Branco is his entry