Quinta dos Penassais ★ 4.1
Family estate at Cumieira in São João de Lourosa, on south-facing granite, making around 30,000 litres of red and 10,000 of white from the Dão's recommended varieties.
Tasting: Open daily 09:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 19:00.
ClassificationDOC Dão
VarietalsTouriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Syrah, Encruzado
OwnerJaime de Almeida Barros
TastingVisits and tastings at the quinta in Sabugosa by arrangement.
NeighbourhoodViseu
Cheese with Quinta das Camélias wines
Queijo Serra da Estrela
Our pick Serra da Estrela's paste is buttery, unctuous and only slightly acidulous. A dry Encruzado white has the acidity to cut that cream and enough texture of its own to match the cheese's soft, rich body.
Encruzado, dry white, Dão: Quinta das Camélias Reserva Encruzado
Queijo Serra da Estrela Velho
Our pick Velho is strong to slightly strong, lightly peppery and salty, with a persistent aroma. A Touriga Nacional-led Dão red has the structure to hold up beside it, and the salt and aged fat of the cheese take some edge off the wine's grip.
Touriga Nacional, structured red, Dão: Quinta das Camélias Touriga Nacional
Location
Address: Rua das Amoreiras 9, Cabanões, 3500-885 Viseu, Portugal, Dão
Also in Viseu
Quinta de São Francisco ★ 4.3
Eighteenth-century Solar do Visconde de Treixedo at Lourosa de Cima, bought in 1996 by Horácio Marques da Rua, who planted Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz in 1998.
Tasting: Open daily 09:00 to 18:00 for visits and tastings.
UDACA ★ 4.1
União das Adegas Cooperativas do Dão, founded in 1966 at Coimbrões in Viseu, with a shop, museum and cellar and storage for six million litres.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 09:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 17:00, with a shop, museum, auditorium and underground cellar on site.
More vineyards in Dão
Quinta dos Penassais ★ 4.1
Family estate at Cumieira in São João de Lourosa, on south-facing granite, making around 30,000 litres of red and 10,000 of white from the Dão's recommended varieties.
Tasting: Open daily 09:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 19:00.
Quinta de São Francisco ★ 4.3
Eighteenth-century Solar do Visconde de Treixedo at Lourosa de Cima, bought in 1996 by Horácio Marques da Rua, who planted Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz in 1998.
Tasting: Open daily 09:00 to 18:00 for visits and tastings.
UDACA ★ 4.1
União das Adegas Cooperativas do Dão, founded in 1966 at Coimbrões in Viseu, with a shop, museum and cellar and storage for six million litres.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 09:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 17:00, with a shop, museum, auditorium and underground cellar on site.
Casa da Ínsua ★ 4.7
Eighteenth-century baroque manor built by Luís de Albuquerque de Mello Pereira e Cáceres, making wine since its first bottling in 1852 and a five-star hotel since 2009.
Tasting: Open daily 10:00 to 17:00 for visits and tastings; the house has been a five-star hotel since 2009.
Quinta da Vegia ★ 4.5
Casa de Cello's Dão estate near Penalva do Castelo, 20 hectares planted to Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela and Tinto Cão by a family in its fourth generation of vine growing.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 09:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 17:00.
Adega Cooperativa de Penalva do Castelo ★ 4.1
Cooperative formed in 1960 that took its first grapes in 1967 with 43 members. It now has about 950 and makes some six million litres a year, 80 per cent of it red.
Tasting: Visits and tastings at the cooperative by arrangement.
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