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: black fruit, eucalyptus, cocoa, tobacco
Palate: silky texture, fine build, elegant close
Exuberant on the nose with black fruit, eucalyptus, cocoa and tobacco, then silky and fine on the palate after fifteen months in French oak.
What it pairs with
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Roast rack of lamb
Silky texture rather than hard tannin suits a pink-roasted rack. -
Smoked brisket
Tobacco and cocoa in the wine echo the smoke ring on the meat. -
Dark chocolate with sea salt
The cocoa note carries into the dessert and the salt lifts the black fruit.
History
Named for Manel Chaves, the father of the estate's winemaker Hugo Chaves, and made from a strict selection of Touriga Nacional.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta dos Monteirinhos · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Fifteen months in French oak barrels
- Drinking window
- 3-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Manel Chaves
What does Manel Chaves taste like?
The estate calls it exuberant on the nose, with black fruit, eucalyptus, cocoa and tobacco, and describes a wine of silky texture with a fine, elegant finish.
Who is Manel Chaves named after?
The father of the estate's winemaker Hugo Chaves; the bottling was created in his memory.
How long is Manel Chaves aged?
Fifteen months in French oak barrels.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão