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 15 years from vintage.
vintage2 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: violet, light red fruit, tenuous oak
Palate: forward freshness, silky weight, youthful bite
A two-grape cuvée made only when Touriga Nacional and Jaen taste most like Dão in a given year: floral, light-fruited, with the oak kept deliberately tenuous.
What it pairs with
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Roast chicken with piri-piri
The wine's freshness resets the palate between bites of chilli-brushed skin. -
Feijoada à transmontana
The bean and pork stew is heavy; the acidity carries it. -
Mushroom rice
Jaen's silky texture and light red fruit suit earthy, meat-free dishes.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta dos Roques · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (50%), Jaen (50%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Ten months in 225 litre French oak barrels
- ABV
- 13.2%
- Drinking window
- 2-15 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta dos Roques 2 Castas
What does Quinta dos Roques 2 Castas taste like?
Ruby coloured and perfectly clear, with a fresh aroma where the floral side of Touriga Nacional and light red fruit stand out and the wood stays tenuous and elegant. Freshness arrives before anything else on the palate, with the astringency typical of youth behind it.
What grapes are in Quinta dos Roques 2 Castas?
Half Touriga Nacional and half Jaen. The estate makes it in years when those two varieties, tasted before blending, come closest to its idea of a Dão red.
When should I drink Quinta dos Roques 2 Castas?
It drinks well on release and the estate expects ten to fifteen years of gain in bottle. Serve at 17C.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão