Quinta do Vallado Tinto 2021
€ 11.50
| Producer | Quinta do Vallado |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Sousão, Vinhas Velhas |
| Ageing | 90% 8 months in stainless steel, 10% 16 months in used oak |
| Alcohol | 13.5%vol | pH: 3.77 | Sugar: 1 g/l | Acidity: 4.7 g/l |
| Serving | 17-19°C |
| Drinking window | Up to 7 years after the harvest |
Ripe red fruit, violets and esteva, with round tannins.
Tasting note
Intense red. Concentrated, with intense aromas of ripe red fruit, hints of violets and esteva (a resinous Portuguese shrub). Good structure, with ripe, round tannins and a long, lingering finish.
The story
80% of the grapes come from vines planted in the 1990s, 20% from old vines of 60 to 100 years. They fermented for a week in 5,000 and 10,000 kg stainless steel tanks at 23 to 25°C. Then 90% of the wine aged for 8 months in stainless steel and 10% for 16 months in used 225-litre French oak barrels.
Today Quinta do Vallado has about 10 hectares of old vines planted between the 1920s and 1950s, including Vinha da Granja (1929) and Vinha da Coroa (1958). The younger vineyards were planted in the 1990s with a single variety per plot, breaking with the old tradition of planting varieties together.
Food pairing
A delicious wine with red meat, especially grilled.
The producer
Built in 1716, Quinta do Vallado is one of the oldest and best-known quintas in the Douro. It lies near Peso da Régua, on the banks of the Corgo, close to where it meets the Douro. In 1818 António Bernardo Ferreira bought the estate, which later belonged to the legendary Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira (1811-1896), the ‘Ferreirinha’. Her descendants still own it today.
For almost 200 years Vallado mainly made Port, sold by the family’s Ferreira house until that was sold in 1987. Since the early 1990s the quinta has released wine and Port under its own name. Today the cousins Francisco Ferreira and João Ferreira Álvares Ribeiro run the estate, with winemaker Francisco Olazabal. In Vila Nova de Foz Côa, in the Douro Superior, Vallado also bought Quinta do Orgal, where organic vineyards have been planted since 2009.
Critics & Awards
3,9/5 Vivino (1.820 ratings)
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