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: ripe blackberry, ripe plum, violet, bergamot, nutmeg, cinnamon
Palate: ripe cherry, redcurrant, fine silky tannin, layered structure
Old-vine Touriga Nacional foot-trodden in granite and kept out of barrel: ripe blackberry and plum with violet, bergamot and warm spice.
What it pairs with
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Grilled beef
Fine silky tannin and a full body meet a plain grilled cut without masking it. -
Roast lamb with rosemary
The violet and bergamot lift stands up to a herb crust. -
Hard sheep's cheese
Salt in the cheese balances the ripe cherry and redcurrant fruit.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta das Queimas · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Foot-trodden in a granite lagar, then fourteen months in stainless steel with no oak
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- €17.50 at the cellar door
- Drinking window
- 2-12 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta das Queimas Touriga Nacional
What does Quinta das Queimas Touriga Nacional taste like?
Ruby red, with high aromatic complexity where ripe wild fruits such as blackberry and ripe plum combine with a floral touch of violet and bergamot and spice notes of nutmeg and cinnamon. The palate is full bodied and elegant, unfolding in layers of wild fruit with ripe cherry and redcurrant over fine, silky tannins.
How is Quinta das Queimas Touriga Nacional made?
Grapes from old vines are hand picked and sorted, fermented traditionally in a granite lagar with foot treading for ten days and minimal intervention, then aged fourteen months in stainless steel.
When should I drink Quinta das Queimas Touriga Nacional?
The estate says it is ready to drink but has great ageing potential.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão