Quinta do Vallado Vinha da Coroa 2023 Red
€ 60.00
| Producer | Quinta do Vallado |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Baga |
| Ageing | 21 months in used French oak barrels |
| Alcohol | 13.5%vol | pH: 3.75 | Sugar: 0.6 g/l | Acidity: 5 g/l |
| Serving | 16-18°C |
| Drinking window | Up to 20 years after the harvest |
Vinha da Coroa, Vallado’s ‘crown’: red fruit, spice and a very long finish.
Tasting note
Red fruit and forest floor, with a touch of toast from the barrel. Very elegant and fresh on the palate, with spice, excellent tannins and a very long red fruit finish, with a pleasant vegetal touch (after the technical sheet).
The story
Vinha da Coroa lies at one of the highest points of Quinta do Vallado, like a crown (‘coroa’) above the other vineyards.
The vineyard was planted in 1958, at 330 to 335 metres, facing north, in the Baixo Corgo. It has 20 varieties planted together, mainly Tinta Roriz (50%), Tinta Barroca (19%), Touriga Franca (13%), Touriga Nacional (5%) and Baga (3%).
After hand sorting, half the grapes were destemmed and crushed, the rest went into the tank as whole bunches. Fermentation lasted 14 days in stainless steel, with very little extraction. The wine then aged for 21 months in second and third use 225-litre French oak barrels. 3,153 bottles and 200 magnums were made.
Food pairing
Delicious with veal loin, octopus in olive oil (polvo à lagareiro) and a board of Portuguese artisan cheeses.
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.
