2020 | Quinta do Vale Meo | Tinto

Red Wine: 2020 | Quinta do Vale Meo | Tinto

Expect a rich and concentrated expression, filled with dark fruits such as blackberry and blueberry, accompanied by floral notes, spices and a touch of minerality.

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Producer: Quinta do Vale Meo

Ratings: F | 97

Vintage: 2020

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.5%

Varietal: Portuguese Red Blend

Country/Region: Portugal, Douro

Expect a rich and concentrated expression, filled with dark fruits such as blackberry and blueberry, accompanied by floral notes, spices and a touch of minerality.

Reviews:

• Falstaff: Strong ruby garnet, violet reflections, delicate ocher rim lightening. Delicate mint and liquorice, black berries and ripe cherries, fine slate spice, very inviting bouquet. Full-bodied, elegant, fine, exceptional sweetness, silky, ripe tannins, chocolaty and persistent, fine minerality, already seductive despite its youth, reliable aging potential, shows a convincing length.

Producer Information

Quinta do Vale Meo is a Port estate based in the Vila Nova de Foz Ca municipality in the upper Douro valley. It produces a range of table and fortified wines that have gained numerous awards. The quinta vineyards were replanted in the 1980s, partly due to flooding of the area after the construction of a nearby dam. Plantings, chiefly of Touriga Nacional, are arranged in varietal blocks, matched to areas of schist, granite and alluvial soils. The historic Adega dos Novos winery combines the traditional and modern, with barriques and stainless steel tanks alongside stone lagares (treading tanks). The company also owns the Adega da Barca Velha wine lodge, reconstructed in 2007, as a warehouse for storing port. The estate originated in 1877 when Antnia Adelaide Ferreira, owner of the largest winemaking estate in the Douro, purchased 300 hectares (750 acres) of virgin land with the plan of developing a new model vineyard, which was completed in 1895 (a year before her death). The vineyard fruit was supplied to A.A. Ferreira until 1998, when one branch of the family consolidated the various shares and began to produce wines under Quinta do Vale Meo’s own identity, starting with the 1999 vintage. The portfolio of table wines includes red and white wines called Meandro, as well as the Monte Meo Touriga Nacional. Quinta do Vale Meo makes two Ports: the Olazabal Finest Reserve ruby style, and the Quinta do Vale Meo Porto Vintage.