Winery Quinta dos RoquesDão Encruzado
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, lean fish or shellfish.
Taste structure of the Dão Encruzado from the Winery Quinta dos Roques
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Dão Encruzado of Winery Quinta dos Roques in the region of Beiras is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Dão Encruzado of Winery Quinta dos Roques in the region of Beiras often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Dão Encruzado
Pairings that work perfectly with Dão Encruzado
Original food and wine pairings with Dão Encruzado
The Dão Encruzado of Winery Quinta dos Roques matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of mussels with chicken, bruschetta with mozzarella or monkfish matelote.
Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta dos Roques's Dão Encruzado.
Discover the grape variety: Garanoir
Intraspecific cross between Gamay and Reichensteiner obtained in 1970 by André Jacquinet at the Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil research station (Switzerland). From this same crossbreed, Gamaret and Mara were also born.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Dão Encruzado from Winery Quinta dos Roques are 2018, 2017, 2015, 2019 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Quinta dos Roques
The Winery Quinta dos Roques is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Dão to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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 wine region of Beiras
Beiras (Beira) is a traditional administrative region in the northern half of Portugal. It is also the name of the IGP, or Indicacoes Geograficas Protegidas, wine classification (formerly known as Vinho Regional) which covers the region as a whole. A wide range of wines are made in Beiras – red wines from the region are typically Rich, deeply colored wines made from Baga, Castelão, Rufete (Tinto Pinheira), Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Touriga Nacional, and are sometimes fortified to emulate their more famous Oporto cousins. Whites are most often based on Fernão Pires and Bical, the latter being a small-berried variety with the affectionate nickname Borrado das Moscaos ('fly droppings').
The word of the wine: Acescence
An alteration in wine also known as pitting (hence the expression piqué wine), due to the presence of acetic acid and ethyl acetate, and characterized by a vinegar-like odor.
