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 8 years from vintage.
vintage1 yrs8 yrs10 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: green apple, brioche, white flowers, light toast
Palate: vibrant acidity, fine persistent bead, mineral close
A blanc de noirs from equal Touriga Nacional and Rufete, ten months on lees: green apple and brioche with white flowers, fresh and elegant with a mineral finish.
What it pairs with
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Oysters
Vibrant acidity and a fine bead are the standard case for raw shellfish. -
Salt cod fritters
The bubble and acid scrub the oil off pastéis de bacalhau. -
Roast chicken
Brioche and light toast give enough body for a simple roast bird.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta da Falorca · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (50%), Rufete (50%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Gentle pressing, 30 day low-temperature fermentation and ten months on lees before disgorgement, 4.5 g/l dosage
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Production
- 1,847 bottles
- Drinking window
- 1-8 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta da Falorca Espumante Blanc de Noir Bruto Grande Reserva
What does blanc de noir mean here?
The wine is white but made only from red grapes, in this case half Touriga Nacional and half Rufete, gently pressed so no colour is picked up.
How dry is Quinta da Falorca Espumante Blanc de Noir?
It is a Bruto, with 4.5 grams per litre of residual sugar, which reads as dry on the palate.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão