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 2 to 12 years from vintage.
vintage2 yrs12 yrs14 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: fresh cherry, pomegranate, candied violet, rose petal, flint
Palate: floral spice, cherry core, mineral beam
Four grapes in equal quarters from the Saes vineyard: cherry, pomegranate and candied violet over flint, elegant and fresh with a mineral thread through the finish.
What it pairs with
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Arroz de cabidela
The bloodied chicken rice of central Portugal needs freshness and gets it from the acid line. -
Grilled quail
Floral and spice notes suit small game birds better than a heavier oaked red. -
Presunto and olives
A mineral, medium-bodied red is the classic Portuguese answer to cured ham on the table.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta de Saes · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (25%), Alfrocheiro (25%), Jaen (25%), Tinta Pinheira (25%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Ten day cold-soak maceration and wild-yeast ferment in stainless steel, then 18 months in second and third use large-format French oak
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Drinking window
- 2-12 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta de Saes Tinto
What is the blend of Quinta de Saes Tinto?
Equal quarters of Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Jaen and Tinta Pinheira from the Saes vineyard near Vila Nova de Tazém, on granite with clay and sand at 500 metres.
Is Quinta de Saes the same estate as Quinta da Pellada?
They are two separate properties farmed together by Álvaro Castro and his daughter Maria, roughly 44 hectares in total, and the Saes wines are bottled alongside the Pellada range.
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