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 6 years from vintage.
vintage1 yrs6 yrs8 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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Smoked duck breast
The smoke note in the nose is the bridge to smoked meat. -
Grilled halloumi with citrus
Grapefruit and skin-contact grip handle a salty grilled cheese. -
Curried cauliflower
Skin-contact texture and beeswax weight survive spice where a plain white would vanish.
Facts
- Producer
- Casa de Santar · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Encruzado (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Light maceration on skins during fermentation, raised in stainless steel with no oak, minimum two months in bottle
- Drinking window
- 1-6 from vintage
Frequently asked about Casa de Santar Curtimenta
Why is Casa de Santar Curtimenta orange?
A light maceration with the grape skins during fermentation gives the colour, which the estate describes as peculiar and typical of curtimenta wines.
Is it oaked?
No. It ages in stainless steel and rests a minimum of two months in bottle.
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