"Hello Melinda,
Tell me which one you tasted?
Yes, Dão red wines are really reach meaty. But there are some light styles, even less expensives. I think, it’s easy found in U.S., Grão Vasco (but choose Dão, because they…"
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Melinda A. Yee left a comment for João Tavares de Pina"Thanks for sharing about wines of Portugal. I have tasted a red Dao a few months ago. That one was a rich meaty red wine."
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Portugal has many autochthones grape varieties, red and whites.
White varieties are very interesting, with very different characters, but SYRIA also cold Códega do Larinho is fantastic, with citrons aromas of tangerine and…"
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- At 4:00am on October 24, 2009, João Tavares de Pina said…
- Hello Melinda,
Tell me which one you tasted?
Yes, Dão red wines are really reach meaty. But there are some light styles, even less expensives. I think, it’s easy found in U.S., Grão Vasco (but choose Dão, because they have also Douro ans Alentejo), it’s one of the most popular brands and the most representative of Dão.
Then there lots of different wines, with different character and different styles.
Our Terras de Tavares and Torre de Tavares wines, are really natural (organic if you wish), with any use of fertilizers or even organic matter, the soil is normally with grass; at Quinta da Boavista, our 7ha, just produce 15.000/17.000 bottles; more or less 2 ton/ha, that’s why they really are very concentrated, fine, elegant with a great “terroir” character and a great earth character, and for sure much more reach meaty than the one you have tasted…
Each year is a different harvest, and this difference it’s much more accentuated in cool climates, something that is also very interesting for me. We never repeat a wine. They have there own character but always with a straight line between them.
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- At 3:01pm on October 23, 2009, João Tavares de Pina said…
- Hi Melinda,
Portugal has many autochthones grape varieties, red and whites.
White varieties are very interesting, with very different characters, but SYRIA also cold Códega do Larinho is fantastic, with citrons aromas of tangerine and orange.
Portugal Dão region has the most gastronomic wines: fresh, intense, elegant with very nice acidity, made with autochthonous grapes from very particularly varieties.
Just try.
I am a producer in Portuguese Dão region, and I suggest you to taste an old Dão.
Just see what Paul White Thinks about as:
“So far, Portugal has managed to remain true to its traditions, while at the same time offering up a huge range of distinctive grape varieties and unusual wine styles precisely when many of us are tiring of endless New World makeovers of French varietals.
Dao has a lot going for it in that respect: first rate grape varieties firmly rooted in granite-based ‘terroir’ that sparkles back like diamonds, all this shaped by a growing season that’s relatively gentler and longer than other Portuguese regions. Although relatively unknown and sometimes tricky to pronounce, Dao’s red wines offer consumers genuinely new and exciting tasting experiences.”
Visit please our web-site, for now it’s just in Portuguese, but to see photos you don’t need any translation: www.quintadaboavista.eu
Hope to hear from you soon.
Best.
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