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 3 to 15 years from vintage.
vintage3 yrs15 yrs17 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: plum, red fruit
Palate: velvety tannin, firm freshness, intense fruit flavour
Varietal Alfrocheiro off a 55 year old parcel at 500 metres: deeply coloured, plum and red fruit on the nose, elegant and structured with velvety tannins.
What it pairs with
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Rojões à moda do Minho
Fried pork chunks with cumin need the velvety tannin and the firm freshness behind it. -
Beef and chestnut stew
Autumn chestnuts and plummy Alfrocheiro fruit are a natural Beira pairing. -
Hard sheep's cheese with quince
Intense fruit flavour handles marmelada while the acidity keeps the cheese from cloying.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta da Pellada · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Alfrocheiro (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Manual vinification with no pump, minimal extraction and natural yeasts, then ageing in used oak
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Drinking window
- 3-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta da Pellada Alfrocheiro
Where does Quinta da Pellada Alfrocheiro come from?
A single old vineyard of 55 year old Alfrocheiro at 500 metres, on granitic soil with lines of clay and sand.
How is Quinta da Pellada Alfrocheiro made?
By hand, with no pump, minimal extraction and natural yeasts, which is how the estate keeps the variety's velvety texture.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão