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 12 years from vintage.
vintage2 yrs12 yrs14 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: perfumed ripe fruit
Palate: soft entry, good body, low acidity, balanced sweetness
Citrine with a golden cast, a late-harvest Bical and Malvasia Fina: perfumed ripe fruit, soft and full with low acidity and a light touch of French oak.
What it pairs with
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Toucinho do céu
The Beira almond and egg cake matches the wine's soft, ripe fruit sweetness. -
Blue cheese
Low acidity and good body need salt to push against, and blue cheese supplies it. -
Apple tart
The perfumed ripe fruit register makes a simple baked fruit dessert the safest match.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta dos Penassais · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Bical, Malvasia Fina
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Late-harvested with extended sun exposure to concentrate the fruit, with a light French oak influence
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Drinking window
- 2-12 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta dos Penassais Colheita Tardia Branco
How is Quinta dos Penassais Colheita Tardia made?
The grapes are picked late and given extended sun exposure to concentrate them, and the wine carries a light French oak influence. It is bottled in 500ml.
Who makes it?
José Carlos Oliveira, the winemaker at Quinta dos Penassais in the Silgueiros sub-region.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão