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...
Profile
Structure
Drinking window
Best 1 to 4 years from vintage.
vintage1 yrs4 yrs8 yrs
Critic scores
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In the glass
Aroma: delicate spice, discreet fruit, green stem note
Palate: relaxed weight, co-ferment lift
Seventy percent Jaen and Alfrocheiro co-fermented with thirty percent Encruzado and Bical: spicier than its colour suggests, with discreet fruit and a green edge from the stems.
What it pairs with
- Grilled mackerel A pale co-ferment served cool is the Portuguese answer to oily grilled fish.
- Pica-pau The vinegary beef and pickle snack suits a light red with green stem lift.
- Roast vegetables with olive oil Discreet fruit and low tannin keep out of the way of charred vegetables.
With cheese
Facts
- Producer
- Textura Wines · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Jaen, Alfrocheiro, Encruzado, Bical
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Red and white grapes co-fermented together, no new oak
- Drinking window
- 1-4 from vintage
Frequently asked about Pretexto Palhete
What is in Pretexto Palhete?
Seventy percent Jaen and Alfrocheiro with thirty percent Encruzado and Bical, all co-fermented together in the traditional Dão palhete manner.
Where do the grapes grow?
On high-altitude granitic vineyards in the Serra da Estrela part of the Dão, farmed by Textura Wines out of Gouveia.
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Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão