The Winery Cabeca d'Velho of Dão of Beiras

Winery Cabeca d'Velho - Tinto
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
This estate is part of the Casa Américo.
It is ranked in the top 395 of the estates of Beiras.
It is located in Dão in the region of Beiras

The Winery Cabeca d'Velho is one of the best wineries to follow in Dão.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Dão to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Cabeca d'Velho wines

Looking for the best Winery Cabeca d'Velho wines in Dão among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Cabeca d'Velho wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Cabeca d'Velho wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Cabeca d'Velho

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Cabeca d'Velho

How Winery Cabeca d'Velho wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shepherd's pie (potatoes, beef, carrots, bacon), lamb tagine with apricots (morocco) or alsatian wine pie.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Cabeca d'Velho

On the nose the red wine of Winery Cabeca d'Velho. often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Cabeca d'Velho. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Cabeca d'Velho

  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.37/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Cabeca d'Velho.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Jaen

Discovering the wine region of Dão

The wine region of Dão is located in the region of Beiras of Portugal. We currently count 316 estates and châteaux in the of Dão, producing 1397 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dão go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top white wines of Winery Cabeca d'Velho

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Cabeca d'Velho

How Winery Cabeca d'Velho wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of pasta with mussels, parmesan crisps or soup of small rock fish (mediterranean).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Cabeca d'Velho

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Cabeca d'Velho. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Cabeca d'Velho

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Cabeca d'Velho.

  • Encruzado
  • Cerceal Branco
  • Bical

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

Discover the grape variety: Acadie

Complex interspecific cross between 13 053 Seibel (7042 Seibel x 5409 Seibel) or cascade and 14 287 Seyve-Villard (6746 Seibel x Couderc 299-35) obtained in 1953 by Bradt Ollie A. at the Ontario Horticultural Research Institute (Canada). It can also be found in the United States and is almost unknown in France. From this same cross was born the veeblanc.

News about Winery Cabeca d'Velho and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Brad Pitt’s Rosé Champagne chosen for Oscars 2022

Fleur de Miraval will be poured at the Dolby Theatre during the Oscars (27 March), as well as during the Governors Ball – the Academy’s official afterparty – and at other Oscars-related events in Los Angeles, New York City, and London, including the Oscars Nominees Luncheon on 7 March. Serving Fleur de Miraval Rosé Champagne, best known for its association with Pitt, was a ‘natural choice’, the champagne brand said in a statement announcing the news. ‘Fleur de Miraval will now ...

The word of the wine: Pressing

Mechanical action consisting of pressing the grapes (before fermentation for whites) or the marc soaked in wine (after fermentation for reds).