Cuvées

Adega de Penalva Reserva

4.2

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold

Adega Cooperativa de Penalva do CasteloDãoStill Red

The cooperative's Reserva: ruby coloured, fruity and attractive on the nose, intense in the mouth with the assertive tannins of its varieties.

Adega de Penalva Tinta Roriz

4.1

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Rustic

Adega Cooperativa de Penalva do CasteloDãoStill Red

Deep ruby varietal Tinta Roriz with a fruity, attractive nose and a strong palate whose muscular tannins are the point of the wine.

Alva Magna Grande Reserva Touriga Nacional

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Quinta Vale do CestoDãoStill Red

A heady varietal Touriga: tulip, bergamot and tangerine over eucalyptus and cigar box, with an opulent, ripe-tannined palate.

Alva Magna Reserva Branco

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Quinta Vale do CestoDãoStill White

A wood-marked but fine white from centenarian vines: peach, plum and elderflower with sweet vanilla, layered and elongated on the palate.

Avô António

4.4

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Quinta dos MonteirinhosDãoStill White

A fresh and complex barrel-aged Encruzado with citrus and mineral aromatics, balanced in acidity, volume and structure for a long life.

Casa de Mouraz Branco

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury

Casa de MourazDãoStill White

Around fifteen white varieties co-fermented from fifty-year-old vines: great body and structure with acidity the estate calls exactly to the point.

Casa de Mouraz Private Selection

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold

Casa de MourazDãoStill Red

Touriga Nacional dominant and drawn from a fifty-year-old granite plot and a younger clay one: elegance, freshness and aromatic richness.

Dom Daganel Tinto Grande Reserva

4.3

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Adega Cooperativa de SilgueirosDãoStill Red

Deep red with forest fruit lifted by chocolate and coffee, highly structured and complex, the cooperative's flagship red.

Julia Kemper Reserva Branco

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Julia Kemper WinesDãoStill White

Golden citrine varietal Encruzado with ripe orange, exotic fruit and toast from fifteen months in French oak, full and mineral in the mouth.

Julia Kemper Reserva Especial Branco

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Julia Kemper WinesDãoStill White

A developed Encruzado: dried leaf, gunflint and wet stone opening into exotic fruit and forest notes, fresh and elegant with real persistence.

Julia Kemper Reserva Tinto

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Julia Kemper WinesDãoStill Red

Purple-ruby with youthful flecks, complex on the nose with forest fruit, pine needles, resin and spice, long and structured in the mouth.

Julia Kemper Touriga Nacional

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Julia Kemper WinesDãoStill Red

A released-with-age varietal Touriga Nacional: violet, blackberry and cherry giving way to mushroom, forest floor, vanilla, cocoa and balsamics.

Quinta Vale do Cesto Grande Reserva Branco

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Quinta Vale do CestoDãoStill White

Elegant and citric, orange peel and tangerine over a light wood note, with a savoury, structured, mineral palate from centenarian vines.

Quinta Vale do Cesto Grande Reserva Tinto

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Quinta Vale do CestoDãoStill Red

From centenarian vines: sour cherry and floral Touriga notes with chocolate, vanilla and toast, and a polished, mentholated palate.

Quinta da Falorca Garrafeira

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Quinta da FalorcaDãoStill Red

Almost opaque ruby, four years between tank and barrel before bottle: ripe black fruit and spice over integrated wood, powerful but polished with a mineral close.

Quinta da Falorca Noblesse Oblige

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Quinta da FalorcaDãoStill Red

Complex and deep, with ripe plum, black cherry and wild raspberry running into black truffle and dark roses, then soft tannins and vibrant acidity over a mineral finish.

Quinta da Pellada Alto Tinto

4.6

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

Quinta da PelladaDãoStill Red

Field blend of roughly forty varieties off 75 year old vines, gently extracted: sour cherry and cranberry with flint, truffle and violets, finessed rather than powerful.

Quinta da Pellada Carrocel

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Quinta da PelladaDãoStill Red

Single-parcel Touriga Nacional off half a hectare planted in 1950: exuberant wild red fruit with balsamic and vanilla nuance, concentrated but held by elegant acidity.

Quinta da Pellada Naked Vine

4.5

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative

Quinta da PelladaDãoStill Red

Drawn from all seven parcels of the estate and 48 varieties of 75 year old vines, three years in used cask leave it elegant and lush rather than hard.

Quinta da Pellada Pape

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Quinta da PelladaDãoStill Red

A half Baga, half Touriga Nacional pairing across two vineyards: vigorous and stony, with fine tannins and a long stony close.

Quinta da Pellada Primus Branco

4.7

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Quinta da PelladaDãoStill White

A nineteen-variety old-vine white field blend raised on lees in concrete egg: wet stone and lemon curd, restrained on the palate and remarkably persistent.

Quinta da Pellada Tinto

4.6

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

Quinta da PelladaDãoStill Red

The estate red in classical mode, tasted by Jamie Goode as complex and refined with lovely energy and a savoury, spicy twist, and real harmony overall.

Quinta das Camélias Reserva

4.4

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Savoury

Quinta das CaméliasDãoStill Red

Deep red with purple reflections: a delicate nose of black plum, bergamot and violet married to fine vanilla, cocoa and spice, full and round in the mouth.

Quinta das Camélias Touriga Nacional

4.4

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Elegant

Quinta das CaméliasDãoStill Red

Concentrated garnet with purple flashes: high-toned violet and bergamot with plum and a soft balsamic trace, velvety and grand in the mouth.

Quinta de Lemos Dona Georgina

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Quinta de LemosDãoStill Red

The estate's flagship: very expressive flowers and fruit, good structure and fresh soft tannins, with a warm, aromatic and persistent finish.

Quinta de Saes Altitude Field Blend Vinhas Velhas

4.5

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Bold

Quinta de SaesDãoStill Red

The high-altitude old-vine field blend: juicy and bright with bold cherry fruit and a savoury, spicy edge that shows real detail with bottle age.

Quinta de Saes Estágio Prolongado Reserva

4.5

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant

Quinta de SaesDãoStill Red

The extended-ageing Reserva off the oldest Saes plantings: sour cherry, rose petal and black pepper leaping out of the glass, juicy on the palate with a mineral beam.

Quinta do Perdigão Reserva

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Quinta do PerdigãoDãoStill Red

Deep garnet with purple lights and an unusually wide aromatic sweep, from berry fruit through menthol and camphor to earl grey and cocoa, intense but very fresh.

Quinta do Perdigão Touriga Nacional

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant

Quinta do PerdigãoDãoStill Red

Deep ruby with purple lights, black plum and fig through cassis, violet and bergamot into Mediterranean scrub, chocolate, coffee and tobacco, silky rather than grippy.

Quinta dos Roques Encruzado

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Quinta dos RoquesDãoStill White

Half-barrel, half-tank Encruzado: elegant fruit with a touch of resin, freshness first and then the structure and length that made this bottling a Dão benchmark.

Quinta dos Roques Garrafeira

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Quinta dos RoquesDãoStill Red

Two years in barrel by variety before blending, dark and spicy, with cocoa and vanilla behind blackcurrant and pine.

Quinta dos Roques Reserva Branco

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Quinta dos RoquesDãoStill White

Barrel-fermented Encruzado with a fifth left unoaked: the wood is visible but folded into citrus and tropical fruit, and the finish runs very long.

Quinta dos Roques Reserva Tinto

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Quinta dos RoquesDãoStill Red

A single-vineyard field blend from the Peach Tree parcel where every variety is interplanted: deep, blackcurrant-and-pine scented, with oak-given vanilla and chocolate.

Quinta dos Roques Touriga Nacional

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant

Quinta dos RoquesDãoStill Red

Varietal Touriga Nacional in large-format French oak: violets and pine needles over red fruit, with chocolate from the wood and firm tannin under it.

Soito Encruzado Reserva

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Soito WinesDão€€€€€€€Still White

Straw yellow with green tints, rich floral aromatics of orange flower and lemon verbena over wet granite, and a mineral, almost saline palate.

Soito Grande Reserva Branco

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Soito WinesDão€€€€€€€€Still White

Citrine with straw tints: lime blossom and orange flower over peach, mango and papaya, with a velvety, mineral palate and a long refined close.

Soito Reserva Tinto

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Bold

Soito WinesDão€€€€€€€Still Red

Garnet with violet reflections: blackberry and blueberry with menthol and fine spice, velvety and intense in the mouth with a mineral close.

Soito Reserva Touriga Nacional

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Elegant

Soito WinesDão€€€€€€€€Still Red

Garnet with violet reflections: blackberry and blueberry with menthol and bergamot, velvety and grand in the mouth, with a long mineral close.

Taboadella Grande Villae Branco

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Quinta da TaboadellaDãoStill White

Encruzado without filters, aged in concrete: complex, firm and whole, with a silky texture, granite minerality and a long, precise finish.

Taboadella Reserva Encruzado

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Quinta da TaboadellaDãoStill White

The estate calls it firm and exuberant, with a silky texture, a linear structure and a marked depth: a wine of the present and the future.

Taboadella Reserva Touriga Nacional

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Quinta da TaboadellaDãoStill Red

Violets in the nose with the black spice and quartz-like wet granite of altitude, carried by the variety's natural acidity.

Textura da Estrela Branco

4.5

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Textura WinesDãoStill White

Big-format wood and concrete, lees without stirring: orange peel and tea leaf over a light toasted reduction, citrus-driven with marked acidity and mineral length.

Textura da Estrela Tinto

4.4

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant

Textura WinesDãoStill Red

Vines of 25 to 60 years on granite at Vila Nova de Tazem, cropped at 4.5 tonnes a hectare and barely extracted: the producer's own description is a very typical Dão reflecting its sense of place.

Vinha de Púcaros Encruzado

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Casa Américo Quinta do PaçoDãoStill White

Lemon yellow varietal Encruzado from a single Quinta do Paço parcel: complex on the nose with orange and a light smoke, green apple and tea on a fine, austere palate.

Vinha de Púcaros Reserva Tinto

4.4

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

Casa Américo Quinta do PaçoDãoStill Red

Garnet, from selected Quinta do Paço fruit given a year in French oak: red fruits with a toasted edge and some black fruit, balanced with round tannin.

Vinhas da Teixuga Branco

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Caminhos CruzadosDãoStill White

Golden, from a multi-vintage assembly of old Teixuga vineyard whites aged years in used barrel: apricot, hazelnut and soft smoke, fresh but explosive in the middle.