Quinta do Vale Meão Red (Douro)

Fact sheet

Type

Red

Grape

Touriga Nacional, Portuguese Red

Country

Portugal

Appellation

Douro

Body

full

Acidity

high

Tannin

high

Sweetness

dry

Rated vintages

• 2017

  Cor granada profunda, com certa translucidez. No nariz é profundo e condimentado, trazendo especiarias e uma delicada nota acética. Em boca é fluido, mas com um perfil claramente geleioso, com acidez alta e uma estrutura tânica que mantém essa textura densa e macia. O final é ca…

• 201495 pts

  The estate is owned by the Olazabal family, descendants of Antonia Ferreira who created this and many other estates in the 19th century. This is a major wine, ripe and full of rich tannins and concentrated fruit. It is always one of the longest-lived wines from the Douro and thi…

• 201397 pts

  This wine is dominated by Touriga Nacional, which offers a backbone of dark tannins that gives it a firm structure and will allow it to age for many years. Produced in open stone lagares, it has richness and impressive opulence in black fruit tones that are cut by juicy acidity.…

• 201297 pts

  This is one of the grand wines of the Douro, from the last estate to be founded by the legendary Dona Antonia Ferreira in the 19th century. This is a long-lasting wine showing a fresh character, with dense, dark tannins and intense floral fruit. This will age for many years, so…

• 201196 pts

  This is concentration in a glass. The wine, from a fine vintage, is hugely rich, very dense and tannic. All this power, though, is not at the expense of elegance. The wine has great style and a sense of place, with a strong mineral character. It almost tastes of the granite and…

• 200995 pts

  With its concentration and dark tannins, this is a wine that will need many years of aging. It is a serious combination of great style and great power. From one of the top Douro vineyards, this is a wine with an impressive, long-lasting sense of presence.

• 2007

  A taça indica um vinho já com idade, apesar da jovialidade, começando a ganhar translucidez, com uma mudança clara para um vermelho mais aberto. No nariz é muito elegante, com sangue, charcutaria, carne, pimenta preta esmagada, além de um lado mais temperado de estragão e tomilh…

• 200594 pts

  The quinta of Vale Meão, Dona Antonia Ferreira's last creation in the 19th century is one of the Douro's great vineyards. This is a wine that needs many years of aging, its tannins dominating what is also intense black, dense fruit. It is certainly powerful, but not out of balan…