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.
What it pairs with
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Beef cheeks in red wine
A Touriga-led Reserva with fifteen months of oak wants a long-braised cut. -
Roast goat
The Dão trio of Touriga, Tinta Roriz and Jaen is the regional answer to roast kid. -
Cured mountain cheese
Barrel tannin needs the fat and salt of a hard cheese.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta dos Monteirinhos · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (60%), Tinta Roriz (20%), Jaen (20%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão Reserva
- Oak
- Fifteen months in French oak barrels
- Drinking window
- 3-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Menino Afonso Reserva
What grapes are in Menino Afonso Reserva?
Touriga Nacional 60 percent, Tinta Roriz 20 and Jaen 20, which the estate describes as the principal varieties of the Dão region.
How long is Menino Afonso Reserva aged?
Fifteen months in French oak barrels.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão