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 2 to 15 years from vintage.
vintage2 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.
What it pairs with
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Roast monkfish
Barrel fermentation and eleven months sur lie give the volume a firm fish needs. -
Poultry with cream
A barrel-fermented white at Reserva level handles a sauced bird. -
Aged cheese
Uva Cão's acidity at half the blend keeps a strong cheese in check.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta das Marias · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Uva Cão (50%), Bical (25%), Gouveio (25%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão Reserva
- Oak
- Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in oak, eleven months sur lie, then six months in stainless steel
- ABV
- 13.7%
- Production
- 2,900 bottles
- Drinking window
- 2-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta das Marias Tonel Reserva
What grapes are in Quinta das Marias Tonel Reserva?
Uva Cão 50 percent, Bical 25 and Gouveio 25, hand harvested between late September and early October.
How long is Quinta das Marias Tonel Reserva aged?
Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation both take place in oak casks, followed by eleven months sur lie and then six months in stainless steel.
When should I drink Quinta das Marias Tonel Reserva?
The estate gives a drinking window of ten to fifteen years, unusually long for a Portuguese white.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão