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 3 to 15 years from vintage.
vintage3 yrs15 yrs17 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: violets, pine needle, spices
Palate: good body, soft entry, sweet resolved tannins
Garnet varietal Touriga Nacional, complex with violets, pine needle and spice, soft and full with tannins already resolved by 18 months in bottle.
What it pairs with
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Wood-fired lamb
Pine needle in the nose and wood smoke on the meat are the same register. -
Braised beef with cloves
The spice note in the wine picks up warm spices in a braise. -
Cured sheep's cheese
Sweet, resolved tannins keep a hard cured cheese from turning the wine bitter.
Facts
- Producer
- Casa Américo Quinta do Paço · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Nine months in French oak barrels and a minimum of 18 months in bottle after bottling
- Drinking window
- 3-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Vinha de Púcaros Touriga Nacional
How long before Vinha de Púcaros Touriga Nacional is released?
Nine months in French oak barrels and then a minimum of eighteen months in bottle after bottling.
What awards has it won?
The 2018 took a silver medal at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, and Marcelo Copello scored the 2015 at 90 points.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão