Quinta do Ermizio Chin Chin 2025 - 75cl

Chin Chin is the bottle Noble Rot pour as their house white — which tells you most of what you need to know. The London wine crowd went looking for an honest, characterful Vinho Verde and found António Monteiro working a 15-hectare farm in the green north of Portugal. This is his Chin Chin, and at £14 it drinks like a small miracle.

It's a blend of indigenous grapes — Loureiro, Trajadura and Arinto — grown in the damp, verdant Minho region that gives Vinho Verde its name ("green wine", for the landscape as much as the youthful style). There's a gentle spritz to it, the faint prickle that keeps proper Vinho Verde so refreshing, and the alcohol sits low at 11.5%, so it's a wine you can actually enjoy a couple of glasses of.

Pour it cold and you get lemon and grapefruit, crunchy green apple and a lift of white flowers, with a stony mineral thread running underneath. The palate is zesty and bone-dry, all lime and green pear, finishing clean and brisk. It won't change your life, but it'll make a Tuesday considerably better — and it's the easiest crowd-pleaser you'll find at the price.

How to Serve

Serve it properly cold, 7–9°C, straight from the fridge in a regular white wine glass. This is one to drink young and fresh — no need to think about it.

Where to Drink It

Noble Rot, where it's the house pour and entirely at home. Bar Douro near London Bridge, for Portuguese small plates. The Laughing Heart in Hackney, for a low-key glass with something off the grill.

Food Pairings

Grilled sardines and a squeeze of lemon is the Portuguese way. It also loves fresh oysters, a plate of prawns, or honestly just a bowl of crisps on a warm evening.