Primado 2010

Anselmo Mendes always had a passion for Dão. One day he challenged his friend Manuel Pereira de Melo who had a small vineyard in Santa Comba Dão to make a wine that would recover the profile of the prestigious Dão wines of other times - complex wines of great elegance and aging capacity. Reorganized the vineyard with predominance of Touriga-Nacional, followed by Tinta-Roriz, Alfrocheiro and Jaen, after 14 years the first harvest of the Primado was produced.

17 pts Revista de Vinhos - It is clear and bright. Dense and full bodied, it shows an aroma full of ripe fruit mixed with floral notes, namely orange blossom.

Quinta do Coladinho is a small wine farm in Santa Comba Dão. Integrated in the Dão Wine Region, it presents some specific characteristics of the area, namely a higher concentration of relative humidity throughout the year. Due to the proximity to the Aguieira Dam, the spring and summer mists are very evident, requiring a greater phytosanitary care.As is common in this region the soil is sandy granite.The purpose of this farm is to produce quality wines that stand out by unique characteristics. Thus, all procedures are performed with the utmost care.In the cellar the winemaking is carefully and controlled, the fermentation takes place in granite winery with step. It is at this stage that the extraction of the phenolic and aromatic potential of the must is processed from careful macerations at low temperatures. The winery is properly equipped for the production of quality wines.