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 5 years from vintage.
vintage1 yrs5 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.
In the glass
Aroma: white fruit, floral notes, mineral, riper fruit from the red skin
Palate: marked freshness, good acidity, structured, tension on the close
A white pressed from red Touriga Nacional: white fruit with floral and mineral notes and a riper fruit echo of the grape, tense and structured on granite.
What it pairs with
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Grilled octopus
Tension and structure hold up where a softer white would be lost against charred octopus. -
Roast pork loin
The riper fruit that comes with a white made from red grapes takes white meat easily. -
Tuna tartare
Marked freshness and minerality suit raw fish with olive oil.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta Dom Vicente · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Drinking window
- 1-5 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta Dom Vicente Touriga Nacional Branco
How can Touriga Nacional make a white wine?
The red grapes are pressed gently so the juice never picks up colour from the skins. The estate notes that some riper fruit character still comes through from the red origin.
What does the granite give it?
The estate credits the granite soil for the tension on the finish, alongside the mineral notes in the aroma.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão