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 4 years from vintage.
vintage1 yrs4 yrs8 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: clear varietal Tinta Roriz fruit
Palate: physical persistence, altitude-driven tension
A concrete-vinified rosé from Tinta Roriz planted between 400 and 500 metres, made for aromatic clarity and physical persistence.
What it pairs with
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Grilled sardines
Aromatic clarity and altitude acidity handle an oily fish. -
Rice with vegetables
The concrete vinification keeps the wine light enough for a vegetable-forward plate. -
Cured ham
Persistence rather than weight is what lets a rosé take salt.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta da Taboadella · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Tinta Roriz (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Vinified in concrete, a less intrusive vessel that the estate chose for aromatic clarity
- Drinking window
- 1-4 from vintage
Frequently asked about Taboadella Caementa Rosé
What grapes are in Taboadella Caementa Rosé?
One hundred percent Tinta Roriz, planted at between 400 and 500 metres of altitude.
Why is Taboadella Caementa Rosé made in concrete?
The estate says vinification in concrete shapes the wine in a less intrusive way, allowing greater aromatic clarity and physical persistence without interfering with the fermentation kinetics.
What does Caementa mean?
It is the Latin root behind the word cement, a reference to the concrete vessels the wine is made in and to the estate's Roman heritage.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão