Taste Notes
Primary Notes: Plum
Secondary Notes:
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Wine Structure
Body:
Dryness: Dry
Acidity: Light
Tannin: Medium +
Alcohol (%):
Origin & Awards
Origin: Douro, Portugal
Maker: Quinta Do Vale Meão
Grape: Touriga Nacional Blend
Fermentation: Slight Wood
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Serving Recommendations
Decanting:
Serving Temperature: Best enjoyed at 16-18 Degrees
Asian Food Pairing:
Western Food Pairing: T bone steak, Roquefort cheese, beef stew
Description
Quinta Do Vale Meao Meando Douro 2019
Quinta do Vale Meao Meandro Tinto is a Douro red wine made by one of the most famous wine estates of the Douro, if not the world. The estate was Bought and established by that legendary lady of Port, Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira, in the early 19th Century, it has been the stage for many pioneering feats of winemaking and viticulture in the Douro.
A blend of Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Cao and Sousao. The Quinta do Vale Meao Meandro Douro has a lively colour. The floral scents combine with red fruit aromas and fills the mouth with intense fruit notes, showing a long, very fresh and complex after taste. Drink now till 2025
After crushing the grapes undergo a heat shock followed by step walk for four hours in granite mills. The wort is transferred to wine fermentation tanks of small capacity with temperature control. The varieties are vinified separately. This wine aged in barrels of second and third year in 225 liter French oak Allier.
14%
AWARD & ACCOLADES
- 90 POINTS
- 92 POINTS
It presents a ruby dark colour, of great saturation. Very expressive nose, full of ripe berries. It lets the acidity guess gentle tracks of tropicality and green olive. In the mouth, intense and quite definite passion fruit ? that quickly is tinged in wild fruits, full of freshness. The alcohol is very well integrated.
