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 4 to 20 years from vintage.
vintage4 yrs20 yrs22 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: sour cherry, cranberry, flint, truffle, violets
Palate: pure red fruit, mouthwatering acidity, mineral lift
Field blend of roughly forty varieties off 75 year old vines, gently extracted: sour cherry and cranberry with flint, truffle and violets, finessed rather than powerful.
What it pairs with
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Perdiz estufada
Braised partridge answers the truffle and flint notes without overwhelming a wine built on finesse. -
Mushroom rice with wild boletus
Serra da Estrela boletus and the wine's earthy truffle register are a direct match. -
Roast pork loin with bay
Moderate tannin and the bright acid line handle pork better than a heavier Dão red would.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta da Pellada · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Jaen, Alvarelhão, Tinta Pinheira, Tinta Carvalha, Bastardo, Touriga Nacional
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Spontaneous native-yeast ferment with gentle extraction, roughly 28 months in well-seasoned French oak, often fourth use
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Drinking window
- 4-20 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta da Pellada Alto Tinto
How old are the vines behind Quinta da Pellada Alto Tinto?
They average 75 years, planted on granite with lines of sand and quartz at 500 metres, and carry roughly forty different varieties in the same parcel.
What does Quinta da Pellada Alto Tinto taste like?
Bright ruby garnet, with powerful aromatics of sour cherry, raspberry, cranberry, flint, truffle and violets, then an elegant palate with mouthwatering acidity and a long, balanced finish.
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Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão