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 20 years from vintage.
vintage3 yrs20 yrs22 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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Foie gras terrine
Honeycomb sweetness and high acidity are the textbook counterweight to foie gras. -
Roquefort with walnut bread
Walnut is in the wine's own aromatic profile and blue cheese needs the sugar. -
Apricot tart
Apricot leads the nose, so the simplest fruit dessert is also the best.
Facts
- Producer
- Casa de Santar · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Encruzado (90%), Furmint (10%)
- Classification
- Vinho Regional Terras do Dão
- Oak
- Six months of bâtonnage and twelve months in second-use barrel
- Drinking window
- 3-20 from vintage
Frequently asked about Outono de Santar
Is Outono de Santar botrytised?
Yes. The estate states the late-picked grapes are covered by noble rot, botrytis cinerea, which is where the apricot, nut and orange blossom aromatics come from.
Why is there Furmint in a Dão wine?
Furmint is the Tokaj variety, and Casa de Santar uses ten percent of it alongside ninety percent Encruzado for its acidity in a sweet wine.
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Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão