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...
Profile
Structure
Drinking window
Best 2 to 12 years from vintage.
vintage2 yrs12 yrs14 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 above is our own.
What it pairs with
- Turbot with beurre blanc A full, new-oak white needs a rich fish and a butter sauce to meet it.
- Roast capon Opulence and resin weight let this white handle a white-meat roast.
- Lobster thermidor A new-oak Encruzado of this weight is built for a cream-and-shellfish dish.
With cheese
Queijo Serra da Estrela
Our pick Serra da Estrela's paste is buttery, unctuous and only slightly acidulous. A dry Encruzado white has the acidity to cut that cream and enough texture of its own to match the cheese's soft, rich body.
Queijo Serra da Estrela Velho
Our pick Velho is strong, lightly peppery and salty. A Reserva, Grande Reserva or oak-aged Encruzado has the depth from age, lees or wood to meet it, and its acidity cuts through the aged fat while the salt sets off the fruit.
Facts
- Producer
- Casa de Santar · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Encruzado (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Twelve months in new French oak barrels including three months of bâtonnage on fine lees, then six months in bottle
- Drinking window
- 2-12 from vintage
Frequently asked about Casa de Santar Vinha dos Amores Encruzado
What is the Vinha dos Amores?
A single plot at Casa de Santar in the village of Santar, from which the estate bottles its most ambitious Encruzado and Touriga Nacional.
How much new oak does this Encruzado see?
Twelve months in new French oak barrels, three of them with bâtonnage on fine lees, followed by six months of bottle maturation.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão