Red

Quinta do Mondego

Fontes da Cunha

Portugal

Fact sheet

Type
Red
Grape
Portuguese Red
Country
Portugal
Appellation
Dão
Body
full
Acidity
high
Tannin
high
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

roast red meats · game · aged cheeses · lamb

Rated vintages

  • 201591 pts

    This wood-aged wine is rich and smooth with light toast blending with the yellow fruit and spice. Acidity gives the wine its freshness contrasting with the complex fruit and wood balance. Drink this fine wine from 2017.

  • 201491 pts

    A blend of Encruzado and Gouveio, this soft, young and fruity wine will be fine and ripe by 2016. The palate integrates a mineral texture and fresh citrus flavors that are tight and need to round out. It's a finely structured wine that finishes with a fresh, crisp aftertaste. Dr…

  • 201193 pts

    This dark-colored wine, dominated by Touriga Nacional, is rich, perfumed and dense. It has impressive tannins and rich blackberry fruit. The structure is concentrated, giving the wine power as well as a sense of style. This ripe wine is ready to drink.

  • 201093 pts

    Named after the river that flows through the Dão region, this wine is powerful, concentrated and serious. Still young and full of tannins, it also has ripe black fruits and balancing acidity. The structure brings out the granite soil of the region, with its dark, brooding qualit…

  • 200992 pts

    With a firm, almost granite structure, this is a terroir-driven wine, from a quinta named after the River Mondego that flows through the Dão region. It has a dense, tannic character based on ripe berry fruits and concentrated juicy black currants. The wine is intense and still n…