Quinta do Vesuvio Red 2021
€ 60.84
| Producer | Quinta do Vesuvio |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Touriga Franca (58%), Touriga Nacional (40%), Tinta Amarela (Trincadeira) (2%) |
| Alcohol | 14.5%vol | pH: 3.55 |
| Serving | 16°C, open 6 hours ahead |
| Drinking window | From 2026 to 15 years after the harvest |
| Scores | 18,5/20 Grandes Escolhas |
Quinta do Vesuvio Tinto 2021: blueberry, tobacco and cedar, with 18.5/20 from Grandes Escolhas.
Tasting note
A compact bouquet of blueberry, blackberry, tobacco, cedar and earthy slate notes. Very compact on the palate too, noble and multi-layered, with grip, fine round tannins and an endless finish. Real class.
The story
Since the 2007 harvest Vesuvio has also made red Douro wines alongside its Vintage Ports.
Touriga Nacional is one of the two main grapes in this wine. It grows in the Quinta Nova vineyard, at 450 m and facing west. This part of the estate was added to Vesuvio in the mid-19th century by Dona Antónia Ferreira.
Food pairing
A great match for veal, beef, pork and game.
The producer
Quinta do Vesuvio lies in a remote corner of the Douro Superior, on the south bank of the river. António Bernardo Ferreira bought the estate in 1823 and built hundreds of terraces and an impressive adega in just thirteen years. His daughter-in-law, the legendary Dona Antónia Ferreira, made it one of the most famous quintas in the Douro. The estate stayed with the Ferreira family until the Symington family bought it in 1989.
The Symingtons chose to keep Vesuvio as a stand-alone estate, making only single quinta Vintage Ports. All the Port is still foot-trodden in the quinta’s eight granite lagares. Since the 2007 harvest Vesuvio has also made red Douro wines.
Critics & Awards
18,5/20 Grandes Escolhas | Tasted: Dec 2023
