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: old-variety wild complexity
Palate: unoaked purity, long tank-built depth
Thirty local varieties, none of them Touriga Nacional, fermented spontaneously and given two unoaked years in tank.
What it pairs with
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Wild mushroom risotto
The producer names it directly, and an unoaked field blend keeps the earthiness clear. -
Game, especially poultry
The estate specifies game dishes and poultry in particular. -
Roast root vegetables
Two years in tank leave the fruit and acidity forward, which suits sweet roasted vegetables.
Facts
- Producer
- Casa de Mouraz · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Baga, Jaen, Tinta Pinheira, Alvarelhão, Alfrocheiro, Bastardo, Camarate, Cornifesto
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Spontaneous fermentation in steel with a long post-fermentation maceration and 24 months in tank, entirely unoaked
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Production
- 5,000 bottles
- Drinking window
- 3-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Casa de Mouraz Elfa
What grapes are in Casa de Mouraz Elfa?
Around thirty local varieties including Baga, Jaen, Tinta Pinheira, Alvarelhão, Alfrocheiro, Bastardo, Camarate and Cornifesto. The estate is explicit that this wine contains no Touriga Nacional.
How long is Casa de Mouraz Elfa aged?
Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel, a long post-fermentation maceration and 24 months in tank. It is unoaked.
What food pairs with Casa de Mouraz Elfa?
The estate recommends wild mushroom risotto and game dishes, especially poultry.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão