Weeknight in Dão

Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Easygoing

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

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Citrine yellow with a delicate but exuberant nose, and an intense, fresh palate carried by acidity and the character of the variety.

Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Very citric and floral with a herbaceous edge and some minerality, then fresh and light in the mouth with balanced acidity.

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

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

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

A fresh four-grape Dão white with touches of vanilla and the smell of fruit just off the tree, built for the table rather than the cellar.

Dry · Savoury

Dry · Refreshing

Dry · Easygoing

Dry · Easygoing

Dry · Savoury

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

A lot of many varieties from plots of different ages, heights and exposures, with aromas of forest and pine needles: a true Dão blend.

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

Encruzado with Malvasia Fina, elegant and balanced: citrus, floral and mineral notes over ripe but delicate fruit, fresh with structure to carry it.

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

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.

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

Ruby coloured, with red and blue fruit over woodland notes, voluminous in the mouth with a velvety structure and a long, fresh finish.

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Citrine yellow with white orchard fruit and orange blossom, and a palate the cooperative sums up as mineral, fresh and balanced.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Fruit-led and vegetal-fresh, with thirty percent whole bunch and large-format French oak keeping the tannins soft and the Dão freshness intact.

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

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.

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

Touriga Nacional drawn from more than thirty clones and deliberately kept out of barrel: heavily coloured and floral, vigorous on the palate without being aggressive.

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

The Castros' four-grape everyday Dão red, herbal and peppery on the nose with concentrated smoky black fruit and a silky, unforced texture.

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

Five varieties co-fermented in one granite lagar and given eighteen unwooded months: mulberry and redcurrant with a cedar-leaf edge.

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

A single-parcel white field blend, half Encruzado: orange blossom, lemon and peach with a mineral edge, grapefruit and green pineapple behind.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Four grapes in equal quarters from the Saes vineyard: cherry, pomegranate and candied violet over flint, elegant and fresh with a mineral thread through the finish.

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

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.

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

Jaen-dominated at eighty percent, bright and vivid with floral red fruits and a stony savoury undertow rather than any oak sweetness.

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Half Encruzado and half Malvasia Fina, with a citrus-dominant nose carrying fresh fruit and light toasted nuances.

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

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.

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

Unoaked varietal Touriga Nacional from the Correio vineyard, first made in 2023: floral and berry scented with the astringency of youth.

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

Varietal Jaen in ruby, intense and complex on the nose from blackberry and blueberry through Provençal herbs, fig, honey and cinnamon, then delicate and lively to taste.

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

The estate's four-variety house red: intense ruby, black plum and wild blackberry with a fresh woodland breath, chocolate and black pepper behind, elegant rather than heavy.

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

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

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

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.

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

Varietal Alfrocheiro without wood: a clear ruby wine of strawberry and wildflower scent, refreshing acidity and a dry, generous finish.

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

A classic unoaked Dão white: floral and citric on the nose, lime and lemon leading, fresh and structured enough to age four or five years.

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

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

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

The estate's five-grape house red: wild blackcurrant and pine leaves over a vanilla note from the oak, generous and still astringent in youth.

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

Straw-citrine Encruzado with Malvasia Fina, barrel fermented with bâtonnage: orange blossom, pear and lime beside a fine vanilla note.

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

Four varieties with distinct jobs: Tinta Roriz for structure, Jaen for bite, Alfrocheiro for minerality and Tinta Pinheira for forest aromatics.

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

Concrete-raised varietal Jaen, bright and open in colour, with the stone-dust mineral character concrete gives, a light pepper note and long, precise acidity.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Fragrant and true to the variety, with black cherry, violets and forest aromas of good intensity, then a full body, present but polished tannin and a dry, savoury close.

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

Open ruby, varietal Jaen with only part of the lot in barrel: strong red fruit, jam and spice, fresh and tasty with soft silky tannins.