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 1 to 8 years from vintage.
vintage1 yrs8 yrs10 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: delicate Bical florals, Encruzado purity, Cerceal austerity
Palate: contained but vibrant acidity, linear structure, long full close
The estate's house white: Bical's delicate florals against the purity of Encruzado and the austerity of Cerceal Branco, linear and vibrant.
What it pairs with
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Grilled sea bass
A linear, vibrant white is exactly what a plainly grilled fish needs. -
Shellfish rice
The three-grape blend has the structure for a stock-based dish. -
Fresh goat's cheese
Floral aromatics and taut acidity lift a young cheese.
History
The 2019 was the estate's opening vintage under the Amorim family, after the property in Silva de Cima was replanted and the Roman-era lagar site restored.
- 2019: Inaugural vintage of Taboadella Branco
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta da Taboadella · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Encruzado (40%), Bical (40%), Cerceal Branco (20%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Whole bunch pressed, then eighty percent in stainless steel and twenty percent in concrete tulip vats at low temperature
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Production
- 60,000 bottles
- Drinking window
- 1-8 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2019
Frequently asked about Taboadella Branco
What does Taboadella Branco taste like?
The estate describes the exuberance and purity of Encruzado combined with the delicate floral aromas of Bical and the austerity of Cerceal Branco, giving a wine with contained but vibrant acidity, a linear structure and a long, full finish.
What grapes are in Taboadella Branco?
Encruzado 40 percent, Bical 40 and Cerceal Branco 20, from granite soils in the Castendo sub-region.
How long is Taboadella Branco aged?
The fruit is pressed as whole bunches and the wine rests eighty percent in stainless steel and twenty percent in concrete tulip vats at low temperature, with no oak.
Tags
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