Is Alvarinho actually good?

Alvarinho sits in the 72.5% percentile against every wine we rank, meaning it scores above 72.5% of them.

How does Alvarinho compare to similar wines?

Within White · Portugal, Alvarinho lands in the 79.3% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a wine for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Alvarinho's score based on?

92 calibrated reviewers stand behind Alvarinho's score.

Messala Alvarinho

global pct

72.5

White · Vinho Verde · Portugal

Messala Alvarinho

Name: Messala Alvarinho
Brand: Messala

Scored from 92 calibrated Vivino reviewers. Cohort: White · Portugal (1,436 wines).

72.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 69,234 ranked wines

79.3%

In-cohort percentile

White · Portugal · 1,436 wines

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AI-adjusted percentile

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Is Alvarinho a good wine?

Summary

Messala Alvarinho is a Portuguese white from Vinho Verde.

The calibrated figure is built from 92 of its Vivino reviewers. A broader pool of 95 reviewers with two or more ratings feeds the raw-average track instead. 1,435 other whites from Portugal form the cohort it is ranked inside.

Cohort: White · Portugal · 1,436 wines
Calibrated reviewers: none yet
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: White · Portugal

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