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 4 years from vintage.
vintage1 yrs4 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: wild blackberry, green strawberry, cut grass, raspberry, basil, broken granite
Palate: dense voluptuous weight, intense ripe red fruit, balanced acidity
A herbal, mineral rosé: wild blackberry and green strawberry with cut grass, basil and broken granite, dense and voluptuous in the mouth.
What it pairs with
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Grilled tuna steak
A dense, voluptuous rosé has the weight for a meaty fish. -
Tomato and basil salad
The wine's own basil and cut-grass notes make this a direct match. -
Charcuterie
Intense ripe red fruit and balanced acidity work against cured pork.
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta Vale do Cesto · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Vinhas Velhas
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Drinking window
- 1-4 from vintage
Frequently asked about Alva Magna Rosé
What does Alva Magna Rosé taste like?
Aromas of wild blackberry and very green strawberry with cut grass, and behind them raspberry, basil and broken granite. In the mouth it is dense and voluptuous, with intense ripe red fruit, acidity in balance and a long, pleasurable finish.
What grapes are in Alva Magna Rosé?
The 2023 came from old vines whose variety mix the estate says cannot be defined.
When should I drink Alva Magna Rosé?
Within a few years of the harvest, while the herbal lift and granite minerality are still sharp.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão