Mark Squires, August 2022
QUINTA DO VALE MEÃO
Vintage Port 2001
- 94 points -
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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