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 5 to 20 years from vintage.
vintage5 yrs20 yrs22 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: dark blackcurrant, pine resin, sweet spice, cocoa
Palate: full weight, very persistent close, youthful grip
Two years in barrel by variety before blending, dark and spicy, with cocoa and vanilla behind blackcurrant and pine.
What it pairs with
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Leitão da Bairrada
The suckling pig's crackling and fat are met by two years of barrel tannin. -
Roast partridge
Game bird and the wine's resinous pine note are a Dão pairing of long standing. -
Aged Serra da Estrela cheese
The cheese's salt tames the grip and lets the cocoa note through.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta dos Roques · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (55%), Alfrocheiro (20%), Tinta Roriz (15%), Tinto Cão (5%), Jaen (5%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão Garrafeira
- Oak
- Each variety vinified and aged separately for 24 months in 225 litre French oak, then blended from the best barrels
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Drinking window
- 5-20 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta dos Roques Garrafeira
What does Quinta dos Roques Garrafeira taste like?
Dark ruby and brilliant, with an intense, spicy and complex fruit bouquet of wild blackcurrant and pine leaves plus vanilla and chocolate from the oak. Full bodied on the palate with a very persistent finish and the astringency of youth.
How long is Quinta dos Roques Garrafeira aged?
The varieties are fermented and aged separately for 24 months in 225 litre French oak barrels, and the blend is assembled only after the best barrels of each varietal wine have been selected.
When should I drink Quinta dos Roques Garrafeira?
The estate expects it to be far more complex at twenty years. Decant young bottles and serve at 16C.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão