Vintage Port 2001

QUINTA DO VALE MEÃO

Vintage Port
2001

$149.56*

* Suggested retail price

2 case(s) available

Product code
317251
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
Speculative
Status
Available
Type of product
Still wine
Country
Portugal
Regulated designation
Denominação de origem controlada (DOC)
Region
Douro
Varietal(s)
Sousao (portuguais)
Colour
Red
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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Press reviews

Wine Advocate

- 94 points -

Mark Squires, August 2022 (Vintage 2001)

The 2001 Vintage Port is a blend dominated by Touriga Franca. it comes in with 87 grams per liter of residual sugar. This comes with the subtitle "aged at the Quinta," meaning that it has never been released before and it has been aging in bottle all these years (bottled in 2003, wood aged). This is in a great place now, the tannins mostly moderated and the chocolaty and more mature nuances showing perfectly. This is clearly not a youngster, but it is in a perfect place. I wouldn't count on it developing a lot more. There is certainly plenty of life left, though, perhaps more than indicated, and it is delicious. It is a nice price for a mature Port and shows you at least a glimpse of why that matters. The backbone is relatively modest, but I loved the fruit. There were 6,000 bottles produced, approximately.

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