The bright golden-colored 2024 Arinto dos Açores is a little riper than the 2023 and has more depth. There's more Arinto in Pico than Verdelho, with more older vines. It was a low-yielding year with good acidity, and the wine has gained in texture and depth, with notes of yellow fruit. It comes in at 12% alcohol with 7.2 grams of acidity, which give it a vibrant mouthfeel. 9,400 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2025.
Product Description:
"Pico’s terroir contributes incredible minerality and purity on the nose, as well as unmistakable salinity. The palate offers the tension and brightness of grapefruit and under ripe stone fruits."- Importer
Pico, in the Azores Islands, is about 1,000 miles off the coast of Portugal. It is dominated by the volcano Ponta do Pico, Portugal’s highest mountain. With its unique and unusual terroir, the vines are planted in the black basalt rock cracks at the foothills of the volcanic mountain which puts enormous stress on the vines, lowering yields. Vines are the only crop to speak of on Pico, as other plant life has a difficult time surviving. Temperature averages 60-70 degrees Fahrenheit, with rainfall averaging 1200mm a year.
