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 20 years from vintage.
vintage2 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: blackberry, mulberry, vanilla
Palate: even weight, balanced tannin and acid, grenadine brightness
Varietal Tinta Roriz with a grenadine cast: blackberry and mulberry fruit with a vanilla edge, and tannin, body and acidity held in even balance.
What it pairs with
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Roast veal
A mid-weight red with balanced tannin suits veal's leaner meat. -
Cozido à portuguesa
The boiled meat and sausage plate needs breadth rather than grip. -
Manchego-style hard cheese
Tinta Roriz, the Iberian Tempranillo, is at home with firm sheep's cheese.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta dos Roques · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Tinta Roriz (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Held in stainless steel tanks, with a vanilla note from a small oak-aged fraction
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Drinking window
- 2-20 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta dos Roques Tinta Roriz
What does Quinta dos Roques Tinta Roriz taste like?
Grenadine coloured and brilliant, with an intense fruit bouquet of blackberry and mulberry and a vanilla note from oak. Tannins, body and acidity are very well balanced.
When should I drink Quinta dos Roques Tinta Roriz?
The estate advises at least two to three years in bottle, says it will be more complex at ten and better still at twenty. Serve at 16C to 18C.
What grapes are in Quinta dos Roques Tinta Roriz?
One hundred percent Tinta Roriz, the grape known as Tempranillo in Spain and as Aragonez in southern Portugal.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão