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 12 years from vintage.
vintage2 yrs12 yrs14 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: orange peel, tea leaf, light toasted reduction
Palate: citrus profile, marked acidity, marked minerality
Big-format wood and concrete, lees without stirring: orange peel and tea leaf over a light toasted reduction, citrus-driven with marked acidity and mineral length.
What it pairs with
-
Salt cod with chickpeas
Marked minerality and citrus cut the olive oil in a cold meia-desfeita. -
Smoked trout
The light toasted reduction note is a natural partner for smoke. -
Roast guinea fowl
The wine has enough lees weight and length to take a white meat roast.
Facts
- Producer
- Textura Wines · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Encruzado, Bical, Cercial
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Indigenous-yeast fermentation in a 2500 litre wooden tonel and in concrete tank, then sur lie ageing with no bâtonnage
- Drinking window
- 2-12 from vintage
Frequently asked about Textura da Estrela Branco
How is Textura da Estrela Branco fermented?
With indigenous yeasts in a 2500 litre wooden tonel and in concrete tank, then aged sur lie without bâtonnage.
Does Textura da Estrela Branco age?
The producer says so, and the 2020 was placed 62nd in The Enthusiast 100 in 2021. Its marked acidity and minerality are what carry it.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão