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 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 in the header is our own.
In the glass
Aroma: abundant floral notes
Palate: vigorous but not aggressive, soft tannins, deep colour
Touriga Nacional drawn from more than thirty clones and deliberately kept out of barrel: heavily coloured and floral, vigorous on the palate without being aggressive.
What it pairs with
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Grilled picanha
An unoaked Touriga keeps its floral lift against charred beef where a barrel-aged version would go heavy. -
Roast lamb with garlic
Soft tannins and vigour suit lamb without stripping it. -
Vitela assada à moda de Lafões
The Beira veal roast is the regional dish for a mid-weight, floral Dão red.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta da Falorca · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Fermented in stainless steel at 26C to 28C and raised in tank and bottle only, no barrel
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Drinking window
- 2-12 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta da Falorca T-Nac
Why is Quinta da Falorca T-Nac unoaked?
The estate wants the variety on show. The wine comes from more than thirty different Touriga Nacional clones and is raised in stainless steel and bottle with no barrel at all.
What does Quinta da Falorca T-Nac taste like?
Deeply coloured with abundant floral notes, and vigorous on the palate without aggression, with soft tannins.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão