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 1 to 6 years from vintage.
vintage1 yrs6 yrs8 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: papaya, grapefruit, apple
Palate: fresh attack, elegant carry, lively finish
The estate calls it a symphony of papaya, grapefruit and apple, fresh, elegant and lively, from ungrafted pé franco Touriga Nacional worked in barrel.
What it pairs with
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Sushi
Grapefruit and apple with a dry finish handle raw fish and vinegared rice. -
Goat cheese crostini
The barrel work gives enough weight for a warm cheese starter. -
Tempura vegetables
Freshness and bubble cut fried batter cleanly.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta do Perdigão · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Fermented and aged twelve months in 225 litre French oak barrels, from ungrafted pé franco Touriga Nacional
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Drinking window
- 1-6 from vintage
Frequently asked about Noel Perdigão Bruto
What does pé franco mean on the Noel Perdigão label?
The Touriga Nacional is ungrafted, growing on its own roots rather than on American rootstock, which is rare in post-phylloxera Europe.
Has Noel Perdigão Bruto won anything?
It was named best sparkling wine with the Grand Gold Tambuladeira at the 4th Portuguese Wine Escanções Competition, scored 18 by Fernando Melo in July 2023.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão