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 10 years from vintage.
vintage2 yrs10 yrs12 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: ripe red fruit, cassis, blackberry, black pepper
Palate: cocoa, vanilla, rounded weight, polished tannin
Brick-edged red with very ripe red fruit, cassis and blackberry lifted by black pepper, and cocoa and vanilla from nine months in French oak.
What it pairs with
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Roast lamb shoulder
The rounded, full body and polished tannin meet slow-roast lamb without stripping it. -
Chouriço assado
Black pepper in the wine picks up the paprika in the sausage. -
Mushroom risotto
Cocoa and vanilla notes give a meat-free dish some of the depth it lacks.
Facts
- Producer
- Soito Wines · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Tinta Roriz, Jaen
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Partial nine month ageing in French oak barrels
- ABV
- 14.1%
- Price
- €12-16 at the cellar door
- Drinking window
- 2-10 from vintage
Frequently asked about Soito Clássico Tinto
What does Soito Clássico Tinto taste like?
Red with brick-tinged edges and a complex, delicate aroma of very ripe red fruit, cassis and blackberry married to a light touch of black pepper, cocoa and vanilla. The mouth is full and round with good structure, well-mannered tannins and real persistence.
What grapes are in Soito Clássico Tinto?
Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Tinta Roriz and Jaen, all grown at Quinta do Soito in Fornos de Maceira Dão.
How long is Soito Clássico Tinto aged?
It spends a partial nine months in French oak barrels, so the wood frames the fruit rather than dominating it.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão