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 3 to 15 years from vintage.
vintage3 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.
In the glass
Aroma: ripe fruit
Palate: good structure, fresh mouth, warm persistent close
Ripe fruit on the nose, then structure and freshness in the mouth, closing warm and persistent.
What it pairs with
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Beef stew
Ripe fruit and warmth suit a long-cooked dish. -
Grilled lamb
Structure and freshness together handle lamb fat. -
Cured cheese
The persistent finish keeps up with a strong cheese.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta de Lemos · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Jaen
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Malolactic fermentation and ageing in French oak barrels
- Drinking window
- 3-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta de Lemos Dona Louise
What does Quinta de Lemos Dona Louise taste like?
The estate notes an aroma of ripe fruit, good structure and freshness in the mouth and a warm, persistent finish.
What grapes are in Quinta de Lemos Dona Louise?
Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz and Jaen, from vines about six years old at the time the estate's note was written.
Where is Quinta de Lemos Dona Louise made?
At Quinta de Lemos in the Silgueiros sub-region, on sandy soils of granite origin at 350 to 400 metres, yielding 30 hectolitres per hectare.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão