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 12 years from vintage.
vintage3 yrs12 yrs14 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.
What it pairs with
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Roast beef
Older-fill Allier barrels give frame without heavy oak, which suits a plain roast. -
Pork with chestnuts
Three varieties in near-equal parts make a versatile mid-weight red. -
Cured cheese
Reserva structure meets a strong cheese without either winning outright.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta das Marias · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (30%), Tinta Roriz (30%), Jaen (30%), Alfrocheiro (10%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão Reserva
- Oak
- Twelve months in 225 litre French Allier oak on third and fourth fill
- Drinking window
- 3-12 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta das Marias Lote Reserva
What grapes are in Quinta das Marias Lote Reserva?
Touriga Nacional 30 percent, Tinta Roriz 30, Jaen 30 and Alfrocheiro 10, hand picked in September from vines averaging twenty years old.
How long is Quinta das Marias Lote Reserva aged?
Twelve months in 225 litre French oak from Allier, on third and fourth fill, after fermentation in temperature-controlled Ganimede tanks and malolactic in tank.
When should I drink Quinta das Marias Lote Reserva?
The estate gives a drinking window of eight to ten years from the vintage.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão