Douro Meandro Tinto 2022

QUINTA DO VALE MEÃO

Douro Meandro Tinto
2022

$36.99*

* Suggested retail price

44 case(s) available

Product code
106674
Format
12 x 750ml
Listing type
Specialty
Status
Available
Type of product
Still wine
Country
Portugal
Regulated designation
Denominação de origem controlada (DOC)
Region
Douro
Appellation
Douro
Varietal(s)
Touriga Nacional 60 %
Touriga Franca 35 %
Tinta Roriz 2 %
Tinta barroca 3 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
Producer's website

About this winery

While Quinta do Vale Meão only began bottling under its own label in 1999, the estate has an incredible history. Vale Meão was one of the shrewd acquisitions of the celebrated Douro landowner Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira. In 1877 she purchased 270 hectares of land near Vila Nova de Foz Côa in the Upper Douro, and over the course of the next decade established a model winery, planting all the vineyards from scratch. The Quinta remained in the family and is owned today by Francisco Javier...

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Production notes

After being crushed, the grapes were cooled down and trodden by foot during four hours in granite lagares and then transferred to small-refrigerated stainless steel vinifying vats. In this vintage approximately 10% of the wines fermented with stems. Each grape variety and vineyard is vinified separately. The final blend is only made before bottling. All the wine was matured in French Allier oak barriques (225 litres), 45% new and 55% second usage.

Tasting notes

Very concentrated in colour. Deep and complex nose with lots of aromatic nuances, yet maintaining the balance between them. In the mouth it is vibrant, in a set of great elegance, showing an excellent integration of the wood, a surprisingly large variety of flavours, and a very long aftertaste.

Press reviews

Wine Advocate

- 91 points -

April 2025 (Vintage 2022)

The 2022 Meandro do Vale Meão was produced with grapes from their vineyards and 30% from local growers, all in all 45% Touriga Nacional, 38% Touriga Franca, 10% Tinta Roriz and dollops of Tinta Barroca and Alicante Bouschet. It vinified partly in granite lagar, partly in stainless steel and partly in oak and matured in used barriques for 14 months. The crop was not bad, and the grapes were healthy. The alcohol level kept to a moderate 13.2%, making it medium-bodied and approachable, with balance and freshness.

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