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: fragile high-altitude fruit
Palate: firm but very delicate tannin, structuring grip
A rare high-altitude Alfrocheiro whose tannins the estate describes as firm but very delicate and structuring rather than heavy.
What it pairs with
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Roast poussin
Firm but delicate tannin suits small roast birds. -
Veal with wild herbs
The wine structures rather than dominates, which lean veal needs. -
Semi-cured cheese
Delicate structure meets a cheese that is not yet at its most aggressive.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta da Taboadella · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Alfrocheiro (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão Reserva
- Drinking window
- 3-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Taboadella Reserva Alfrocheiro
What does Taboadella Reserva Alfrocheiro taste like?
The estate says the wine has tannins that are firm but very delicate and structuring, a reflection of a variety it calls rare and fragile at altitude.
What grapes are in Taboadella Reserva Alfrocheiro?
One hundred percent Alfrocheiro, which the estate says appeared in Portugal and in the Dão after phylloxera and was once called Tinta Francesa de Viseu.
What classification does Taboadella Reserva Alfrocheiro have?
DOC Dão at Reserva level, from a monovarietal parcel selection at the estate.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão