Teixuga Rouge 2015

The old vineyards of Quinta da Teixuga gave us the grapes of Dão’s queen grape variety – Touriga Nacional. After careful selection, the long process of creation of this unique wine, which aged for 24 months in French oak barrels, began. The perfect integration of the wine with the barrel was thoroughly followed, with high expectations, giving birth to a wine characterised by great structure and aromatic complexity. Each bottle is a rendezvous with the vineyard, surrounded by the mountains and by the ubiquitous pine forests… a rendezvouz with the Dão region, in all its splendor.

TASTING NOTES

This is the first red Teixuga, Caminhos Cruzados’ premium brand, and as its brother white Teixuga, it is produced with grapes from the vineyards of Quinta da Teixuga. It presents an intense and deep colour, and great aromatic complexity. In the mouth it surprises by the vivid and emotional tasting, followed by a great amplitude with a persistent and elegant ending, revealing a great balance between all its components. The Dão’s essence!

HARMONIZATION

Ham and sausages, oven-baked lamb, oxtail stew, partridge stew, partridge stew with chestnuts, and cheese “queijo da serra?. Serve at a temperature between 16-18ºC.