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: fruit-led simplicity
Palate: delicate flavour, soft full tannin, acid balance
Ruby red, fruity on the nose and delicate in flavour, with soft, full, delicate tannins in good balance with the acidity.
What it pairs with
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Roast quail
A delicate red with soft tannin suits small birds. -
Grilled vegetables with goat's cheese
Alfrocheiro's balance keeps a vegetable plate from being flattened. -
Pork sausages
Full but soft tannins handle grilled sausage fat.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta de Lemos · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Alfrocheiro (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Malolactic fermentation and ageing in French oak barrels
- Drinking window
- 2-12 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta de Lemos Alfrocheiro
What does Quinta de Lemos Alfrocheiro taste like?
Ruby red in colour, with a fruity aroma and a delicate flavour where soft, full and delicate tannins sit in good balance with the acidity.
What grapes are in Quinta de Lemos Alfrocheiro?
One hundred percent Alfrocheiro, from vines around nine years old when the estate's note was written.
Where does Alfrocheiro come from?
The estate says the variety appeared in the Dão after phylloxera and that its origins are unknown, and grows it on slopes between 350 and 400 metres.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão