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 5 to 25 years from vintage.
vintage5 yrs25 yrs27 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: ripe black fruit, spice, well-integrated wood
Palate: powerful structure, firm polished tannins, mineral touch on the close
Almost opaque ruby, four years between tank and barrel before bottle: ripe black fruit and spice over integrated wood, powerful but polished with a mineral close.
What it pairs with
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Dry-aged côte de boeuf
Firm polished tannins and 14.5 percent alcohol need a cut with real fat and char. -
Venison with juniper
The spice and black fruit register meets game seasoning directly. -
Aged Serra da Estrela Velho
The hard, aged version of the local cheese is one of the few that will not be flattened.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta da Falorca · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (75%), Tinta Roriz (15%), Rufete (10%)
- Classification
- Dão Garrafeira
- Oak
- Fermented in a temperature-controlled mechanical lagar, then 24 months in stainless steel followed by 24 months in French oak barrels and further time in bottle
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Production
- 3,803 bottles
- Drinking window
- 5-25 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta da Falorca Garrafeira
How long is Quinta da Falorca Garrafeira aged?
Twenty-four months in stainless steel and then twenty-four months in French oak barrels, followed by further ageing in bottle before release.
Who makes Quinta da Falorca Garrafeira?
Carlos Figueiredo and Pedro Figueiredo, the family winemakers at Falorca in the Silgueiros sub-region.
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