Quinta do Vallado 40 Years old Tawny Port
€ 103.80 / 500 ml
| Producer | Quinta do Vallado |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional |
| Ageing | An average of 40 years in old 600-litre oak casks |
| Alcohol | 19.5%vol | pH: 3.68 | Sugar: 142 g/l | Acidity: 5.42 g/l |
| Serving | 16°C |
| Scores | 95/100 Wine Spectator 95/100 Robert Parker |
40 Years: fruitcake, figs and raisins, with an endless finish.
Tasting note
Old gold in colour. A lush Port with a spicy edge alongside the acidity, with raisins and the exuberant flavours of long wood ageing. Notes of fruitcake, figs and dried fruit too. An endless finish.
The story
A blend of several wines with an average age of 40 years, aged in very old 600-litre oak casks.
Made from old field-blend vines, with several varieties planted together.
Food pairing
Lovely as an aperitif, and delicious with chocolate, desserts, nuts and aged cheese, for example a mousse of 60% cocoa chocolate with candied orange.
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
95/100 Wine Spectator | Tasted: Dec 2018
18/20 Jancis Robinson | Tasted: May 2016
95/100 Robert Parker | Tasted: Feb 2015
92/100 Wine Enthusiast | Tasted: Jan 2015
93/100 CellarTracker