Mainova, Verdelho White, 2024 so012825 nyt 20 under 20 offer It's a field-style blend grown

It's a field-style blend grown in the Chalone AVA

The Sonoma Syrah specialist's appellation-level statement

Distilled in small batches in custom copper stills

old wooden casks and settles in concrete before bottling

"En Vers Chanes" is a specific parcel that yields wines of freshness and textural sophistication—ripe pear and citrus fruit balanced by subtle hazelnut and stone

Mainova, Verdelho White, 2024 so012825 nyt 20 under 20 offer It's a field-style blend grownVerdelho off the schist and granite of Portugal's Alto Alentejo, made with a deliberately light hand. Mainova, based at Herdade da Fonte Santa, presses whole clusters straight, cold settles the juice without additives and keeps sulfur to a minimum, letting the grape and the place do the talking. Verdelho here is no fading Madeira component but a crisp, dry table white with citrus drive and a little tropical edge. It is an honest, well priced