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 12 years from vintage.
vintage2 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.
In the glass
Aroma: fruity, delicate
Palate: fresh flavour, exuberant finish, lightly acid and smooth texture
Three white Dão varieties from Santar: a fruity, delicate nose and a fresh palate whose exuberant finish sits on a lightly acid, smooth texture.
What it pairs with
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Grilled sea bass
A fresh, smooth-textured white suits a plainly grilled fish. -
Chicken in white wine
The wine has enough exuberance on the finish to follow a sauced bird. -
Asparagus with olive oil
Light acidity and smooth texture handle a vegetable that defeats heavier whites.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta das Mestras · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Encruzado, Malvasia Fina, Bical
- Classification
- DOC Dão Grande Reserva
- Drinking window
- 2-12 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta das Mestras Branco Grande Reserva
What does Quinta das Mestras Branco Grande Reserva taste like?
The estate describes a fruity and delicate aroma, a fresh flavour and an exuberant finish revealing a lightly acid and smooth texture.
What grapes are in Quinta das Mestras Branco Grande Reserva?
Encruzado, Malvasia Fina and Bical, the three varieties the estate lists for its whites.
Where is Quinta das Mestras Branco Grande Reserva made?
In Santar, at a centenarian quinta whose whites come from old, hand-harvested vines.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão