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: stone dust minerality, light pepper, delicate fruit
Palate: long precise acidity, dry harmonious frame
Concrete-raised varietal Jaen, bright and open in colour, with the stone-dust mineral character concrete gives, a light pepper note and long, precise acidity.
What it pairs with
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Grilled sausages with grelos
Pepper and stone dust suit a smoky sausage and bitter greens plate. -
Duck rice
Delicate fruit and precise acidity keep arroz de pato from feeling heavy. -
Roast red peppers with anchovy
A low-tannin, mineral red is one of the few that survives anchovy.
Facts
- Producer
- Textura Wines · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Jaen (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Indigenous-yeast fermentation in concrete vats with 35 percent whole bunch and 30 days cuvaison, first winter in concrete, then six months in a French oak vat
- Drinking window
- 2-10 from vintage
Frequently asked about Textura da Estrela Jaen
Why does Textura ferment its Jaen in concrete?
The producer credits the concrete vats for the stone-dust mineral character it finds in the wine, and the first winter of ageing also happens in concrete.
How long is the maceration?
Thirty days of cuvaison with 35 percent whole bunch, followed by six months in a French oak vat after the winter in concrete.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão