About this product
Álvaro Castro's flagship Dão Reserva from old vines on granite: Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, and Tinta Roriz blended with Burgundian sensibility. Dark cherry, violet, iron mineral, and remarkable elegance. One of Portugal's finest and most undervalued age-worthy reds.
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Kid goat is the Dão region's traditional celebratory food; its lean, aromatic character is the natural match for the wine's violet and mineral complexity
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Mountain partridge with Portuguese cured ham and cabbage is the most authentic Dão food pairing — traditional, regional, and precisely calibrated
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Soft Setúbal sheep cheese with fig bridges Dão's dark cherry and violet; almonds add mineral nuttiness to the granite terroir echo
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Portuguese Iberian pork's depth meets Dão's mineral Touriga Nacional; lentils add earthy weight to bridge the wine's granite terroir
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