The Quinta Vale Dona Maria Vinha do Rio is a red wine with an intense color, with nuances of violet, purple and dark red. This wine has a complexity and an impressive elegance, that only a vine of 100 years can confer to a wine. There is a certain mature attitude of this wine, which shows aromas of raspberries, plums and black cherries, combined with fresh notes of stew, no taste too obvious direct, but which appears with an elegant discretion as one drinks wine and it evolves in the glass.
Food pairing
Delicious with fine red meat, roasted and grilled meat dishes
Grapes : Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca
Alcohol content
15,5 %
Store & Serve
Serve at 15° - 17°C
Critics & Awards
4,6/5 - Vivino (48 notes)
96/100 - Falstaff Tasted: Aug 2022
93/100 - VertdeVin Tasted: May 2022
95/100 - Wine Enthusiast Tasted: Jul 2022
Named after the Rio Torto that runs at the edge of the vineyard, this is a complex statement. If the alcohol is high, the wine carries that lightly, emphasizing black fruits and fine tannins as much as power and weight. It needs time to reveal its important richness. Drink from 2026. Roger Voss