Portugal > Dao
Why we love it
Crisp and clean with plenty of soft citrus and a sea-driven salinity. For those who like crisp Sauvignon Blancs, this is a perfect Portuguese sipper.
Fresh pear, pineapple, citrus, wet stone
Food suggestions: Seafood, sushi, summer salad with goat cheese
The 2020 Dão Branco from Lúcia Ferreira is crafted from a cépages of twenty-five percent Encruzado, thirty-two percent Malvasia Fina, nineteen percent Bicoal and fourteen percent Gouveio. The wine is fermented and aged in stainless steel. The 2019 version is drinking beautifully today, delivering a refined bouquet of white peach, fresh lime, a touch of casaba melon, white soil tones, gentle floral tones and a hint of beeswax in the upper register. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied, focused and complex, with a lovely core of fruit, fine soil undertow and grip and a long, well balanced and very classy finish. This is an excellent wine that still has years and years of life ahead of it.
About the Producer
Quinta do Covão has been family owned since the 1970's and has vineyards scattered along the slopes of Portugal's Estrela mountain range, the highest points in the country. Following in the footsteps of her father and brother, also noteworthy winemakers, Lucia Ferreira oversees the estate's vineyards and winemaking.