• Colour

  Red

• Vintage

  2009

• Producer

  Quinta do Vallado

• Country

  PORTUGAL

• Region

  DOURO

• Product code

  12VALL1B2009

• Availability

  3 cases

• Grape Variety

  Touriga Nacional (25%), Touriga Franca (20%), Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela, Tinta Barroca and Sousão

Tasting Notes

Vinification Details.

A small part of the grapes from the old vineyards were foot trodden & fermented in lagares for the same period. All wines were fermented under controlled temperature varying between 26-28 ºC. 85% aged for 17 months in stainless steel tanks. The remaining 15% aged in French Oak barrels for 12 months.

Producer Information

This eighteenth century Douro wine estate is actually one of the most modern-looking in Portugal. Although the team uses the traditional panoply of indigenous grapes, their methods are bang up to date and the results nothing short of sensational. Unusually for the region, Quinta do Vallado's priority is making table wines rather than Port, although their 10 year old Tawny is a superb partner for everything from ripe Stilton to ginger cake. The success of this approach has been borne out by the spicy, rich Tinto Reserva walking off with a host of trophies in its last two vintages at both the IWC and Decanter awards.