Cuvées

Adega de Penalva Bical

4.0

Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Easygoing

Adega Cooperativa de Penalva do CasteloDãoStill White

Citrine and very delicately scented, almost enigmatic on the nose, soft and fresh in the mouth with the faintly sweet edge Bical carries.

Adega de Silgueiros Tinto

3.9

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing

Adega Cooperativa de SilgueirosDãoStill Red

The cooperative's everyday ruby red: a fresh nose of red fruit and a balanced palate with more persistence than the price suggests.

Dom Vicente Primeiro Acto Branco

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Quinta Dom VicenteDãoStill White

Clear with citrus tints, the estate's first-release white: fruity, fresh and young with floral, citrus and mineral notes and a light tropical edge.

Morgado de Silgueiros Jaen

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Adega Cooperativa de SilgueirosDãoStill Red

Bright red in colour, with cherry and strawberry aromas, round and balanced in the mouth and vibrant at the finish.

Pretexto Branco

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Textura WinesDãoStill White

The entry white from Gouveia, Encruzado with Bical, fermented and rested in tank: the producer calls it very pleasant, with the creaminess and complexity to sit at the table.

Pretexto Palhete

4.1

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Textura WinesDãoStill Red

Seventy percent Jaen and Alfrocheiro co-fermented with thirty percent Encruzado and Bical: spicier than its colour suggests, with discreet fruit and a green edge from the stems.

Pretexto Rosé

4.0

Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Textura WinesDãoStill Rose

Single-variety Jaen rosé in onion-skin pink, with the discreet reductive fruit typical of the grape and enough balance to be a table wine rather than a poolside one.

Quinta da Falorca Colheita Selecionada

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Easygoing

Quinta da FalorcaDãoStill Red

Intense ruby, four varieties and only half the lot in used oak: ripe red fruit and gentle spice, structured but harmonious, in the estate's modern and gastronomic register.

Quinta de Lemos Alfrocheiro

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Quinta de LemosDãoStill Red

Ruby red, fruity on the nose and delicate in flavour, with soft, full, delicate tannins in good balance with the acidity.

Quinta de Lemos Jaen

4.4

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Quinta de LemosDãoStill Red

Garnet coloured, with elegant cherry and strawberry fruit well married to a spiced note from the wood, and tannins of great delicacy.

Quinta de Lemos Lucita

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Quinta de LemosDãoStill Red

Great aromatic presence built on red fruit and fresh wild berries, light and appealing in the mouth in a young, uncomplicated style.

Quinta de Saes Rosé

4.2

Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Quinta de SaesDãoStill Rose

A lágrima-pressed Dão rosé with Baga and Cabernet added late for depth: fragrant and mineral, smooth and fresh with a surprisingly long close.

Quinta de Saes Tobias Cerceal Branco

4.1

Dry · Light-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Quinta de SaesDãoStill White

Varietal Cerceal in the Tobias range, unoaked and cut fine: green apple and lemon with the purity that makes the variety Dão's sharpest white.

Quinta de Saes Tobias Palhete

4.2

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Quinta de SaesDãoStill Red

A revival of palhete, roughly a fifth white grapes co-fermented with the reds: pale but concentrated, vivid cherry with more depth than the colour suggests.

Quinta do Correio Tinto

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing

Quinta dos RoquesDãoStill Red

The Jaen-led second label of Quinta dos Roques: wild berries and pine needles, supple in the mouth, with only a tenth of the blend barrel aged.

Quinta do Sobral Colheita Tinto

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Easygoing

Quinta do SobralDão€€€€€Still Red

Intense ruby and very aromatic, with strawberry and raspberry over a light floral note, balanced and fresh with a soft, long finish.

Quinta dos Roques 2 Castas

4.4

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Quinta dos RoquesDãoStill Red

A two-grape cuvée made only when Touriga Nacional and Jaen taste most like Dão in a given year: floral, light-fruited, with the oak kept deliberately tenuous.

Quinta dos Roques Jaen

4.4

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Quinta dos RoquesDãoStill Red

Unoaked varietal Jaen with a seven-day maceration: spice, cassis, plum and blackberry, and tannins that are present but notably soft.

Vinha de Púcaros Branco

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Casa Américo Quinta do PaçoDãoStill White

Citrine yellow, from granite plots between 400 and 600 metres at Quinta do Paço: intense white-fleshed fruit with citrus, balanced and refreshing with real persistence.

Vinha de Púcaros Tinto

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Easygoing

Casa Américo Quinta do PaçoDãoStill Red

Ruby red, the house red from Quinta do Paço plots: delicate woodland berries and violets, fruited and fresh at medium weight, made to drink young.