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: violet, bergamot, plum, soft balsamic trace
Palate: velvety intensity, rich silky tannin, grand build
Concentrated garnet with purple flashes: high-toned violet and bergamot with plum and a soft balsamic trace, velvety and grand in the mouth.
What it pairs with
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Roast beef
Rich, silky tannins after ten months in oak need a substantial roast. -
Wild boar
The balsamic trace and plum fruit suit dark game. -
Aged cheese
The wine's grandeur is easiest to read against a strong cured cheese.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta das Camélias · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Ten months in medium-toast French oak after an eight day fermentation at up to 28C
- ABV
- 14.4%
- Drinking window
- 3-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta das Camélias Touriga Nacional
What does Quinta das Camélias Touriga Nacional taste like?
The estate's organoleptic note describes a concentrated garnet colour with brilliant purple nuances, high finesse in notes of violet and bergamot allied to plum with soft balsamic traces, and a velvety, intense and grand flavour with rich, silky tannins.
How long is Quinta das Camélias Touriga Nacional aged?
Ten months in medium-toast French oak, after a classic vinification with skin maceration and eight days of temperature-controlled fermentation up to 28C.
What grapes are in Quinta das Camélias Touriga Nacional?
One hundred percent Touriga Nacional, at 14.4 percent alcohol.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão