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 3 to 15 years from vintage.
vintage3 yrs15 yrs17 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: raspberry, pomegranate, rose petal, orange peel, pepper
Palate: generous red berry, floral lift, salty mineral edge
Whole-cluster varietal Touriga Nacional off fifteen year old vines at 550 metres: swirling raspberry, rose petal and orange peel, finishing floral and salty.
What it pairs with
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Bochechas de porco preto
Braised pork cheeks want the pepper note and enough acidity to lift a sticky sauce. -
Roast duck with orange
The orange peel aromatic in the wine echoes the classic duck sauce directly. -
Grilled lamb skewers with rosemary
The floral, salty finish suits herb-rubbed lamb off the coals.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta de Saes · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Whole-cluster ambient-yeast ferment in stainless steel with a seven day cold soak, then 24 months in second-use French oak
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Drinking window
- 3-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta de Saes Touriga Nacional
How is Quinta de Saes Touriga Nacional vinified?
Whole clusters ferment in stainless steel with ambient yeast after a seven day cold soak, then the wine spends 24 months in second-use French oak.
How old are the vines for Quinta de Saes Touriga Nacional?
They average fifteen years, planted on granite and clay at 550 metres in the northern Dão near Vila Nova de Tazém.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão