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
Latest scored vintage 2019: best 2023 to 2037.
vintage4 yrs18 yrs20 yrs
Critic scores
| Critic | Vintage | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Wine Anorak reviewed 2026 | 2019 | 93/100 |
Scores as published by each critic for the vintage shown.
In the glass
Palate: bold cherry fruit, juicy brightness, savoury spicy edge
The high-altitude old-vine field blend: juicy and bright with bold cherry fruit and a savoury, spicy edge that shows real detail with bottle age.
What it pairs with
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Javali estufado
Wild boar stew meets the spicy savoury edge without flattening the cherry fruit. -
Roast partridge with grapes
Game birds and old-vine field blends share the same savoury register. -
Grilled ribeye with black pepper
Bold cherry fruit and medium tannin frame a peppered steak cleanly.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta de Saes · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Jaen, Alvarelhão, Tinta Pinheira, Touriga Nacional
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Old-vine field blend given extended ageing in used oak before release
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Drinking window
- 4-18 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta de Saes Altitude Field Blend Vinhas Velhas
What is Quinta de Saes Altitude Field Blend Vinhas Velhas?
An old-vine field blend from the higher plots at Quinta de Saes, released with bottle age. Jamie Goode scored the 2019 at 93 in March 2026.
Why do the Castros bottle field blends separately?
Their two properties carry more than forty indigenous varieties interplanted in old parcels, and the field blend bottlings show what those mixed plots give together rather than variety by variety.
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Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão