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 3 to 20 years from vintage.
vintage3 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: violets, pine needles, red fruit, chocolate
Palate: concentrated, firm youthful tannin, dark fruit core
Varietal Touriga Nacional in large-format French oak: violets and pine needles over red fruit, with chocolate from the wood and firm tannin under it.
What it pairs with
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Grilled lamb chops
Lamb fat and char take the firm tannin off the wine. -
Duck confit
The violet-and-pine aromatics lift a heavy, salty bird. -
Dark chocolate torte
The barrel-given cocoa note runs alongside the dessert instead of clashing with it.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta dos Roques · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Twelve months in 500 litre French oak barrels
- ABV
- 13.8%
- Drinking window
- 3-20 from vintage
Frequently asked about Quinta dos Roques Touriga Nacional
What does Quinta dos Roques Touriga Nacional taste like?
Dark and brilliant, with a varietal bouquet of violets, pine needles and red fruits, and oak and chocolate notes balanced against the fruit. The palate is generous and concentrated with the firm tannins of youth.
When should I drink Quinta dos Roques Touriga Nacional?
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.
How long is Quinta dos Roques Touriga Nacional aged?
Twelve months in 500 litre French oak, a larger format than the estate's 225 litre barrels, which is why the wood reads as a frame rather than a flavour.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão