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 1 to 5 years from vintage.
vintage1 yrs5 yrs8 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: strawberry, cassis
Palate: fresh, well structured, dry finish
Light pink and dry, an Alfrocheiro and Jaen rosé whose intense strawberry and cassis bouquet sits on a fresh, structured palate.
What it pairs with
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Grilled prawns
The estate names seafood for this rosé; the strawberry note flatters the sweet shellfish. -
Chicken salad
The producer lists white meat; a structured rosé handles a dressed salad better than a white. -
Charcuterie and olives
Cassis and acidity cut salt and cured fat.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta dos Roques · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Alfrocheiro (50%), Jaen (50%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Unoaked
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Drinking window
- 1-5 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta do Correio Rosé
What does Quinta do Correio Rosé taste like?
Light pink and perfectly clear, with an intense bouquet of strawberry and cassis. The palate is fresh and well structured.
When should I drink Quinta do Correio Rosé?
Drink it on release; the estate credits it with three to five years of ageing. Serve at 10C.
What grapes are in Quinta do Correio Rosé?
Alfrocheiro and Jaen in equal halves, both picked at the estate in Mangualde.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão