Cycling Ecopista do Dão One Way, full-day from Coimbra
After hotel pickup in Coimbra, we take direction to activity start in Viseu. Day dedicated to bicycle touring on an old railway branch that has 130 years of transpor...
Structure
Drinking window
Best 1 to 8 years from vintage.
vintage1 yrs8 yrs10 yrs
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating in the header is our own.
In the glass
Aroma: austere restraint, light wood
Palate: strong flavour, acid-driven freshness, varietal structure
Citrine yellow with an austere nose and a light touch of wood, and a palate the cooperative sums up as a white that tastes more than it smells.
What it pairs with
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Salt cod baked with onions
The variety's racy acidity and barrel-given structure both fit a robust cod dish. -
Grilled mackerel
Austere, acid-driven whites are the classic partner for oily fish. -
Fried squid
Freshness and structure cut fry oil and stand up to the salt.
Facts
- Producer
- Adega Cooperativa de Penalva do Castelo · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Cerceal Branco (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- One third fermented in stainless steel and two thirds in new barrels, with no skin maceration
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Drinking window
- 1-8 from vintage
Frequently asked about Adega de Penalva Cerceal Branco
What does Adega de Penalva Cerceal Branco taste like?
Citrine yellow, with an austere aroma carrying a light touch of wood and some complexity. The flavour is strong and dominated by the freshness of the acidity, with elegance and the structure of the variety. The cooperative calls it a white that tastes more than it smells.
How long is Adega de Penalva Cerceal Branco aged?
One third ferments in stainless steel and two thirds in new barrels, with destemming and no skin maceration beforehand.
What grapes are in Adega de Penalva Cerceal Branco?
One hundred percent Cerceal Branco, a high-acid Dão white rarely bottled on its own.
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