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: lemon, grapefruit zest, white peach, mineral notes
Palate: dry and intense, elegant, lees-built volume
Lime-green in the glass, delicately scented with lemon, grapefruit zest and white peach over mineral notes, dry and intense with lees-given volume.
What it pairs with
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Grilled sea bass
Citrus zest and minerality are the classic answer to a plainly grilled fish. -
Clams with garlic
The wine's natural acidity handles the broth and the garlic. -
White peach and cheese salad
The peach note in the wine repeats on the plate.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta das Camélias · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Encruzado (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Classic open-must vinification with settling, then ageing on fine lees
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Drinking window
- 1-8 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta das Camélias Reserva Encruzado
What does Quinta das Camélias Reserva Encruzado taste like?
The estate describes a lime-green colour and a delicate aroma of citrus and white fruits where lemon, grapefruit zest and white peach stand out alongside mineral notes. It is dry, elegant and intense, its natural acidity harmonised by the structure and volume that come from ageing on fine lees.
What grapes are in Quinta das Camélias Reserva Encruzado?
One hundred percent Encruzado, harvested and vinified at Quinta das Camélias, at 13.5 percent alcohol.
How is Quinta das Camélias Reserva Encruzado made?
Classic open-must vinification with settling, then ageing on fine lees, which is what gives the wine its volume.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão