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 18 years from vintage.
vintage3 yrs18 yrs20 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: aromatic complexity without filters, granitic minerality
Palate: firm and whole, silky texture, very fine linearity, long precise close
Encruzado without filters, aged in concrete: complex, firm and whole, with a silky texture, granite minerality and a long, precise finish.
What it pairs with
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Grilled langoustine
A wine this precise deserves shellfish cooked simply. -
Roast chicken with lemon
The full, firm palate takes white meat as easily as fish. -
Salt cod with olive oil
Granitic minerality and salt cod are a long-standing Portuguese pairing.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta da Taboadella · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Encruzado (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Aged in concrete vats, which the estate credits with the wine's vibrant freshness
- Drinking window
- 3-18 from vintage
Frequently asked about Taboadella Grande Villae Branco
What does Taboadella Grande Villae Branco taste like?
The estate describes aromatic complexity and a wine that shows firm and whole, of silky texture and very fine linearity, with the vibrant freshness of Encruzado brought out by ageing in concrete vats and a marked granitic minerality. It is deep and finishes long, persistent and very precise.
What grapes are in Taboadella Grande Villae Branco?
Encruzado alone, expressing the Taboadella terroir without filters, as the estate puts it.
How long is Taboadella Grande Villae Branco aged?
In concrete vats, which the estate says is what makes the freshness characteristic of Encruzado stand out.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão