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 10 years from vintage.
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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.
What it pairs with
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Grilled sea bream
An unoaked lees-aged Encruzado keeps the cut that grilled sea bream needs. -
Clams with coriander
The wine's 6.2 grams per litre of total acidity is what a garlic and herb broth needs. -
Roast chicken
Three months on fine lees give enough texture for white meat.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta das Marias · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Encruzado (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Twenty-two days fermenting in stainless steel at 17C to 20C, then three months on fine lees with bâtonnage for the opening two
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Production
- 18,450 bottles
- Drinking window
- 1-10 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta das Marias Encruzado
How is Quinta das Marias Encruzado made?
Hand harvested in September into 20 kilogram crates from vines planted between 2000 and 2006, destemmed and crushed, given a twelve hour cold maceration, then pressed, statically clarified and fermented over 22 days in stainless steel at 17C to 20C, followed by three months on fine lees with bâtonnage over the opening two.
When should I drink Quinta das Marias Encruzado?
The estate gives a drinking window of eight to ten years.
How much Quinta das Marias Encruzado is made?
About 18,450 bottles of 75 centilitres plus 245 magnums, at 13 percent alcohol and 6.20 grams per litre of total acidity.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão