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 2 to 10 years from vintage.
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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: white flowers, peach, apricot
Palate: balanced sweetness against acidity, fresh and alive
A skin-contact white made in the old manner: white flowers, peach and apricot on a palate the estate calls perfectly balanced between ripeness and acidity.
What it pairs with
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Spiced chicken
Skin contact gives the wine the grip to handle warm spice. -
Grilled octopus
Nine months on fine lees in barrel give the texture charred seafood needs. -
Semi-cured cheese
The wine's tannin and acidity together take a cheese that would defeat a standard white.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta do Sobral · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Encruzado (90%), Sercial, Cercial Branco, Moscatel Galego, Luzidio, Semillon
- Oak
- Five days fermenting on skins, finished in used 400 litre French oak and nine months on fine lees with bâtonnage
- Price
- €25 at the estate shop
- Drinking window
- 2-10 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta do Sobral Curtimenta
What does Quinta do Sobral Curtimenta taste like?
The estate describes a perfect balance between measured ripeness and acidity, a wine that is fresh and alive with aromas of white flowers, peaches and apricot.
What grapes are in Quinta do Sobral Curtimenta?
Around 90 percent Encruzado with Sercial, Cercial Branco, Moscatel Galego, Luzidio and Semillon making up the rest.
How is Quinta do Sobral Curtimenta made?
Hand harvested, macerated on skins and fermented with them for five days in the old manner, finishing fermentation in used 400 litre French oak where it spends nine months with bâtonnage on fine lees.
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Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão