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 5 years from vintage.
vintage1 yrs5 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
Palate: creaminess, gastronomic complexity
The entry white from Gouveia, Encruzado with Bical, fermented and rested in tank: the producer calls it very pleasant, with the creaminess and complexity to sit at the table.
What it pairs with
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Bacalhau à Brás
The creaminess in the wine mirrors the egg-bound salt cod without needing oak weight. -
Grilled dourada
A tank-raised Encruzado blend has the acidity a plain grilled fish wants. -
Vegetable açorda
The producer positions this as a gastronomic white, and the bread-and-herb soup suits its medium weight.
Facts
- Producer
- Textura Wines · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Encruzado, Bical
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Ferments naturally and rests in the same stainless steel tanks, no oak
- Drinking window
- 1-5 from vintage
Frequently asked about Pretexto Branco
Is Pretexto Branco oaked?
No. It ferments naturally and stays in the same stainless steel tanks until bottling.
What grapes are in Pretexto Branco?
Encruzado and Bical, the two classic Dão whites, grown on Textura's granite vineyards near Gouveia in the Serra da Estrela sub-region.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão