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 10 years from vintage.
vintage1 yrs10 yrs12 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: old-vine field-blend complexity
Palate: great body, firm structure, acidity to the point
Around fifteen white varieties co-fermented from fifty-year-old vines: great body and structure with acidity the estate calls exactly to the point.
What it pairs with
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Oven-baked codfish
The estate names it, and the wine's body suits a baked, oil-rich dish. -
White meat
The producer lists white meat directly; the structure carries it. -
Pasta with cheese sauce
The estate suggests cheese-sauced pasta, and the acidity keeps it from cloying.
Facts
- Producer
- Casa de Mouraz · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Encruzado, Malvasia Fina, Bical, Cerceal Branco, Rabo de Ovelha, Fernão Pires, Uva Cão, Síria
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Natural co-fermentation in stainless steel, eight months on fine lees with bâtonnage, no oak
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Production
- 25,000 bottles
- Drinking window
- 1-10 from vintage
Frequently asked about Casa de Mouraz Branco
What does Casa de Mouraz Branco taste like?
The estate describes a striking wine in the purest tradition of the Dão, with great body, great structure and acidity to the point, which it calls the perfect balance characteristic of the region.
What grapes are in Casa de Mouraz Branco?
Encruzado, Malvasia Fina, Bical, Cerceal Branco, Rabo de Ovelha, Fernão Pires, Uva Cão, Síria and others, roughly fifteen varieties in total, mixed and fermented together.
How long is Casa de Mouraz Branco aged?
Natural co-fermentation at controlled temperature in stainless steel and eight months on fine lees with bâtonnage.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão