With Jaen we discover the Iberian Peninsula in Portugal (an identity associated with the Mencia grape variety). The breezy altitudes of the Dão region foster succulent, bluish fruits and white spices. Taboadella’s gentle slopes deliver this modernity. Jaen is one of the estate’s treasures, offering the delight of fruity and intense aromas, combined with allspice, placing this grape variety in another dimension. The wine’s beautiful structure, supported by soft, fine and coated tannins, is perfectly combined with its tense and delicate body.
"From vineyards at 1,500 feet, the wine is made from several parcels of Jaen (a k a Mencía in Spain). It gives a fruity wine, just touched by pepper. Smooth tannins suggest it is developing quickly. Drink from 2021. - ROGER VOSS"
- Wine Enthusiast (November 2020), 91 pts
Taboadella was first settled in the first century. The place had a Roman villa, with a unique quadrangle alongside the Ribeira das Fontainhas and was in its day a property ...
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