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: very ripe grapes, fine preserve, well-cut barrel notes
Palate: voluminous, satin texture, noble dense tannin
Very ripe fruit reading as fine preserve, balanced against neatly drawn barrel notes, with a satin texture and dense, noble tannins.
What it pairs with
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Beef short rib
Dense tannin and volume need a fatty, slow-cooked cut. -
Chorizo and bean casserole
The preserve-like ripeness suits a paprika-rich dish. -
Manchego-style cheese
Tinta Roriz is the Iberian Tempranillo and sits naturally with firm sheep's cheese.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta de Lemos · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Tinta Roriz (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Malolactic fermentation and ageing in French oak barrels
- Drinking window
- 3-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta de Lemos Tinta Roriz
What does Quinta de Lemos Tinta Roriz taste like?
The estate notes very ripe grapes in the aroma with suggestions of quality preserves balanced by well-cut barrel notes, and a voluminous mouth of satin texture where the fruit is present and the tannins show nobility and density.
What grapes are in Quinta de Lemos Tinta Roriz?
One hundred percent Tinta Roriz, from vines around seven years old when the estate's note was written.
Where is Quinta de Lemos Tinta Roriz made?
In the Silgueiros sub-region at 350 to 400 metres, from an unirrigated vineyard yielding 30 hectolitres per hectare.
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