QUINTA DO VALE MEÃO
Douro Meandro Branco
2014
About this winery
While Quinta do Vale Meão only began bottling under its own label in 1999, the estate has an incredible history. Vale Meão was one of the shrewd acquisitions of the celebrated Douro landowner Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira. In 1877 she purchased 270 hectares of land near Vila Nova de Foz Côa in the Upper Douro, and over the course of the next decade established a model winery, planting all the vineyards from scratch. The Quinta remained in the family and is owned today by Francisco Javier...
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Production notes
After crushing, the grapes undergo a thermal shock followed by traditional foot pressing for four hours in granite winches. The juice is transferred to small capacity wine cellars with temperature control. The grapes are vinified separately. This wine aged in second and third year barrels of 225 liters of French Allier oak.
Tasting notes
Floral aromas combined with red and wild fruits. It fills the mouth with intense notes of fruit, showing a prolonged, fresh and complex finish.