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Quinta do Vale Meão Vintage (Port)

Portugal

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queijos azuis · chocolate amargo · sobremesas de frutas negras · carne de caça

201587 pts

This wine is light in body but heavily perfumed. Clean fruit shows on the palate, with an addition of geranium aromas.
201393 pts

While the year is not one of the great Port vintages, it has produced some finely structured wines like this that will mature relatively quickly. It comes with great fruit that was teased out of the grapes in traditional open stone lagars. It is, of course, dense and full of tan…
201295 pts

From one of the great Douro estates, this dense, intensely perfumed wine is just setting out on a long journey. Tannins and a complex structure give an initial impression of dryness. They are followed by the richest of black fruits, dark cherries and a balance between sweetness…
201196 pts

This is a very dry, firm wine that's solidly tannic but never harsh. The wine combines weight and ripe black fruit in a powerful expression of dense vintage Port from this estate in the Upper Douro. Acidity shines through the density on the finish. Age for many decades.
200891 pts

Soft, silky wine, very opulent and ripe. It shows big berry jam fruits, while never losing its tannins and acidity. As always with a wine from this legendary quinta, this has power and great richness.