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 20 years from vintage.
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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
Palate: lush texture, moderate tannin, no astringency
Drawn from all seven parcels of the estate and 48 varieties of 75 year old vines, three years in used cask leave it elegant and lush rather than hard.
What it pairs with
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Cozido à portuguesa
The long boiled-meat platter needs a red with lush texture and no astringency to fight the fat. -
Feijoada de javali
Wild boar and bean stew meets the complexity of a 48-variety old-vine blend. -
Grilled lamb chops
Moderate tannin and a long finish flatter lamb without stripping it.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta da Pellada · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (30%), Jaen, Alvarelhão, Tinta Pinheira, Tinta Amarela
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Spontaneous indigenous-yeast ferment in stainless steel, then 36 months in used 400 litre oak casks
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Drinking window
- 5-20 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta da Pellada Naked Vine
Where does Quinta da Pellada Naked Vine come from?
All seven parcels of the Quinta da Pellada property, an old-vine field blend of roughly 48 varieties with Touriga Nacional at about 30 percent, on granite at 500 metres.
How long is Quinta da Pellada Naked Vine aged?
Thirty-six months in used 400 litre oak casks after a spontaneous indigenous-yeast fermentation in stainless steel.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão