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 18 years from vintage.
vintage3 yrs18 yrs20 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: perfumed lift, live fresh fruit
Palate: long appeal, even freshness
A short, exact estate note: a perfumed nose of live, fresh fruit and a long, appealing finish.
What it pairs with
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Duck breast
A perfumed, fresh-fruited red is a better duck match than a heavily oaked one. -
Roast pork with herbs
The wine's freshness carries pork fat. -
Mushroom risotto
Length rather than weight makes it work with an earthy vegetarian dish.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta de Lemos · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Alfrocheiro
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Malolactic fermentation and ageing in French oak barrels
- Drinking window
- 3-18 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta de Lemos Dona Santana
What does Quinta de Lemos Dona Santana taste like?
The estate's tasting note is brief: a perfumed nose, live and fresh fruit, and a long, appealing finish.
What grapes are in Quinta de Lemos Dona Santana?
Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz and Alfrocheiro, from vines at 350 to 400 metres in Silgueiros.
How is Quinta de Lemos Dona Santana made?
Controlled-temperature fermentation, malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels and subsequent barrel ageing, from a hand harvest in 10 kilogram crates.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão