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 8 years from vintage.
vintage2 yrs8 yrs10 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: dominant fruit, fresh vegetal character
Palate: good acidity, soft tannins, long close
Fruit-led and vegetal-fresh, with thirty percent whole bunch and large-format French oak keeping the tannins soft and the Dão freshness intact.
What it pairs with
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Roast chicken with lemon
Soft tannins and bright acidity keep a simple roast bird from being overwhelmed. -
Pork with clams
The fresh vegetal character bridges the coriander and the shellfish in the dish. -
Mushroom pasta
A fruit-forward, elegant Dão red is a better match for earthy pasta than a heavy one.
Facts
- Producer
- Textura Wines · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional, Jaen, Alfrocheiro
- Classification
- DOC Dão
- Oak
- Fermented in stainless steel with 30 percent whole bunch, then aged in French oak balseiros and used barrels
- Drinking window
- 2-8 from vintage
Frequently asked about Pretexto Tinto
How is Pretexto Tinto made?
It ferments in stainless steel with thirty percent whole bunch, then ages in French oak balseiros and used barrels.
What does Pretexto Tinto taste like?
The producer describes fruit dominating, with a fresh vegetal character, good acidity and a long finish with soft tannins, elegant and typically Dão.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Dão