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
Latest scored vintage 2009: best 2014 to 2029.
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Critic scores
| Critic | Vintage | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Wine Advocate reviewed 2013 | 2009 | 93/100 |
Scores as published by each critic for the vintage shown.
What it pairs with
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Roast beef rib
Eighteen months in barrique and a month of post-fermentation maceration make a wine that needs a substantial roast. -
Venison
A classically built Touriga from eighty-year-old vines is the region's game wine. -
Aged Serra da Estrela
The cheese's salt meets the wine's concentration.
History
In a region where old vineyards are made up of many varieties planted together, the estate decided in 2009 to harvest a single eighty-year-old vineyard and select only the Touriga Nacional from it, vinifying without added yeasts, industrial enzymes or corrections.
- 2009: Inaugural vintage, selected out of a single eighty-year-old mixed-variety parcel
- 2017: The 2014 named best wine of the year and best varietal at the Concurso Vinhos de Portugal
- 2020: The 2015 listed in the Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Cellar Selections
Facts
- Producer
- Casa da Passarella · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Fermented with indigenous yeasts in a concrete vat with a month of post-fermentation maceration, then eighteen months in 225 litre French oak
- Price
- €52 at the estate shop
- Drinking window
- 5-20 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2009
Frequently asked about Casa da Passarella Villa Oliveira Touriga Nacional
How is Villa Oliveira Touriga Nacional made?
Hand-harvested fruit ferments with indigenous yeasts in a concrete vat with a month of post-fermentation maceration, then spends eighteen months in 225 litre French oak barrels. No added yeasts, industrial enzymes or corrections are used.
Where is Villa Oliveira Touriga Nacional made?
From a single vineyard over eighty years old, where Touriga Nacional is picked out from the wide mix of varieties planted in the same parcel.
Has Villa Oliveira Touriga Nacional been reviewed?
Wine Advocate scored the 2009 vintage 93 points in 2013. The 2011 took Grande Ouro plus best wine of the year and best varietal at the Concurso Vinhos de Portugal 2017, and the 2014 took Grande Ouro at the 2018 edition.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão