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 3 years from vintage.
vintage1 yrs3 yrs8 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: strawberry, raspberry, white florals
Palate: dry, light red fruit, redcurrant lift
Pale red in colour, floral with strawberry and raspberry, dry on the palate with a well present natural acidity and a redcurrant close.
What it pairs with
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Grilled prawns
Light body and strawberry fruit flatter sweet grilled shellfish. -
Tomato and tuna salad
The acidity handles the tomato while the wine stays out of the tuna's way. -
Serrano-style cured ham
Redcurrant lift and freshness cut through the salt and fat.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta das Queimas · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Tinta Roriz (45%), Touriga Nacional (35%), Alfrocheiro (20%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Six months in stainless steel on fine lees, no oak
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Drinking window
- 1-3 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta das Queimas Rosé
What does Quinta das Queimas Rosé taste like?
Pale red in colour, with a floral and red-fruit nose where strawberry and raspberry stand out. The palate is dry with a well present natural acidity that gives it intensity and balances the alcohol, and light red fruit through raspberry and redcurrant carries the flavour.
What grapes are in Quinta das Queimas Rosé?
Tinta Roriz 45 percent, Touriga Nacional 35 and Alfrocheiro 20, all from the Laranjal vineyard.
When should I drink Quinta das Queimas Rosé?
The estate marks it ready to drink, so open it within a couple of years of the harvest.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão