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 2024: best 2025 to 2030.
vintage1 yrs6 yrs8 yrs
Critic scores
| Critic | Vintage | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Wine Anorak reviewed 2026 | 2024 | 90/100 |
Scores as published by each critic for the vintage shown.
In the glass
Aroma: green apple, lemon
Palate: bright attack, clean purity
Varietal Cerceal in the Tobias range, unoaked and cut fine: green apple and lemon with the purity that makes the variety Dão's sharpest white.
What it pairs with
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Oysters
Racy acidity and lemon are the shortest route to a raw shellfish pairing. -
Ceviche
Green apple bite matches citrus-cured fish without adding weight. -
Fried whitebait
The clean acid line scrubs the oil off fried small fish.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta de Saes · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Cerceal (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Fermented and raised in stainless steel, no oak
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Drinking window
- 1-6 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta de Saes Tobias Cerceal Branco
What does Quinta de Saes Tobias Cerceal Branco taste like?
Jamie Goode described the 2024 as bright and fresh with green apple and lemon fruit and nice purity, scoring it 90.
What is Cerceal?
A high-acid Dão white variety, also written Cercial, prized locally for keeping freshness in warm years. Quinta de Saes bottles it on its own in the Tobias range.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão