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.
What it pairs with
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Braised beef with root vegetables
A blend from a ninety-year-old vineyard has the savoury depth a braise wants. -
Roast game bird
Field blends of this kind are the traditional Dão partner for game. -
Mushrooms with garlic
Old-vine field blends keep an earthy register that mushrooms meet.
Facts
- Producer
- Casa da Passarella · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Baga, Touriga Nacional, Alvarelhão, Tinta Pinheira, Jaen, Alfrocheiro, Tinta Carvalha
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- €21 at the estate shop
- Drinking window
- 3-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Casa da Passarella O Oenólogo Vinhas Velhas
What grapes are in Casa da Passarella O Oenólogo Vinhas Velhas?
More than 24 indigenous Dão varieties from a single vineyard over ninety years old, the estate naming Baga, Touriga Nacional, Alvarelhão, Tinta Pinheira, Jaen, Alfrocheiro and Tinta Carvalha among them.
What awards has Casa da Passarella O Oenólogo Vinhas Velhas won?
Gold at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2014 for the 2012, and Gold at the Challenge International du Vin 2014 for the 2010.
Why is it called O Oenólogo?
The estate describes it as a wine conceived to honour its own history, the winemaker's wine drawn from its oldest vineyard.
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