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...
Profile
Structure
Drinking window
Best 1 to 8 years from vintage.
vintage1 yrs8 yrs10 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 above is our own.
In the glass
Aroma: elderflower, pear, apple, lemon, fennel, passion fruit, honey
Palate: vibrant attack, fresh core, full and complex
Varietal Encruzado from Silgueiros with only a quarter in barrel: elderflower and pear over lemon, fennel and passion fruit, vibrant and full on the palate.
What it pairs with
- Bacalhau com broa The honeyed weight from the barrel fraction stands up to cornbread crust and olive oil.
- Prawn and coriander açorda Fennel and passion fruit in the nose meet the coriander in the dish.
- Roast pork with apple Apple and pear notes make this a rare white that can take a white-meat roast.
With cheese
Queijo Serra da Estrela
Our pick Serra da Estrela's paste is buttery, unctuous and only slightly acidulous. A dry Encruzado white has the acidity to cut that cream and enough texture of its own to match the cheese's soft, rich body.
Queijo Serra da Estrela Velho
Our pick Velho is strong, lightly peppery and salty. A Reserva, Grande Reserva or oak-aged Encruzado has the depth from age, lees or wood to meet it, and its acidity cuts through the aged fat while the salt sets off the fruit.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta do Perdigão · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Encruzado (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- A quarter of the lot four months in French oak, half of that Burgundy shape and half Bordeaux and Cognac casks
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Drinking window
- 1-8 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta do Perdigão Encruzado
How much oak does Quinta do Perdigão Encruzado see?
Twenty-five percent of the wine spends four months in French oak, split evenly between Burgundy barrels and Bordeaux and Cognac casks.
What does Quinta do Perdigão Encruzado smell like?
The estate lists elderflower, fruity pear, apple, lemon, fennel, passion fruit and honey, and calls the palate vibrant, fresh, complex and full.
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