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
Latest scored vintage 2016: best 2019 to 2031.
vintage3 yrs15 yrs17 yrs
Critic scores
| Critic | Vintage | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Wine Enthusiast reviewed 2021 | 2016 | 93/100 |
| Wine Advocate reviewed 2019 | 2016 | 89/100 |
Scores as published by each critic for the vintage shown.
In the glass
Aroma: black plum, fig, cassis, violet, bergamot, coffee, tobacco
Palate: sophisticated weight, silky tannins, full and fresh
Deep ruby with purple lights, black plum and fig through cassis, violet and bergamot into Mediterranean scrub, chocolate, coffee and tobacco, silky rather than grippy.
What it pairs with
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Coffee-rubbed beef short rib
The coffee and tobacco register in the wine is a direct echo of the rub. -
Roast duck with figs
Fig is explicit in the aromatic profile and the silky tannin suits duck. -
Aged Manchego
A full but silky red handles a hard sheep's cheese without turning bitter.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta do Perdigão · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Drinking window
- 3-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta do Perdigão Touriga Nacional
How is Quinta do Perdigão Touriga Nacional rated?
Wine Enthusiast gave the 2016 ninety-three points in May 2021, and Mark Squires scored the same vintage eighty-nine for the Wine Advocate in August 2019.
Where does it come from?
The Silgueiros sub-region of the Dão, south of Viseu, where Quinta do Perdigão farms Alfrocheiro, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Jaen and Encruzado.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão