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 2025: best 2027 to 2035.
vintage2 yrs10 yrs12 yrs
Critic scores
| Critic | Vintage | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Wine Anorak reviewed 2026 | 2025 | 92/100 |
Scores as published by each critic for the vintage shown.
In the glass
Aroma: citrus, green apple, wet stone, salt, white flowers
Palate: weighty but balanced, precise cut, intensely mineral finish
Unoaked Encruzado from granite and sand at 660 metres, a year on lees in tank: citrus and green apple over wet stone and salt, weighty but cut clean.
What it pairs with
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Ameijoas à Bulhão Pato
Clams in garlic, coriander and white wine want the salt and citrus notes rather than oak. -
Grilled sardines
The precise acid cut handles oily fish that a fuller barrel-aged white would smother. -
Salada de polvo
Octopus salad with olive oil and onion finds weight in the lees ageing and lift in the acidity.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta de Saes · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Encruzado (100%)
- Classification
- Dão Reserva
- Oak
- Natural yeast ferment in stainless steel, three months of bâtonnage and a further nine months in stainless before bottling, no oak
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Drinking window
- 2-10 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta de Saes Reserva Encruzado
Is Quinta de Saes Reserva Encruzado oaked?
No. It ferments with natural yeast in stainless steel, gets three months of bâtonnage and then nine further months in stainless before bottling.
Where do the grapes for Quinta de Saes Reserva Encruzado grow?
On sustainably farmed vines averaging twenty years, planted to granite and sand at 660 metres in the northern Dão.
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Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão