Douro Meao 2019

QUINTA DO VALE MEÃO

Douro Meao
2019

$132.00

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$ 0.00
Product code
15048971
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
SAQ Specialty by lot
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$114.84
Country
Portugal
Regulated designation
Denominação de origem controlada (DOC)
Region
Douro
Appellation
Douro
Varietal(s)
Touriga Nacional 57 %
Touriga Francesa 35 %
Tinta barroca 5 %
Tinta Roriz 3 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
Producer's website

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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Press reviews

Wine Spectator

- 95 points -

(Vintage 2019)

An enticing red, from the fragrant nose of garrigue and graphite to the creamy texture and fine-grained tannins, with ripe black raspberry and currant, hot iron and cigar box flavors that unfurl on the palate. Marries concentrated power with sculpted form and grace. Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Barroca and Tinta Roriz.

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