Quinta do Vallado Douro Red 2022 (750ml)

 

Rated 91 Points by Wine Enthusiast

 

“The estate wine of Vallado, this has generous blackfruit aromas and open, ripe tannins.  It is a ripe wine, with black-currant flavors and light wood-aging flavors.  Drink the wine from 2025.”  July 2024

 

Rated 90 Points & Daily Pick by Wine Spectator

 

“A zesty thread of milled black pepper and anise spice notes winds through flavors of ripe black plum, boysenberry, herbed green olive and tar in this lively, medium-bodied red, ending with a chewy finish.  Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Sousão.  Drink now through 2028.”  December 20, 2024

 

Quinta do Vallado Douro Red 2022

 

Aroma:  Concentrated, with intense mature red fruit aromas, hints of violets and “esteva” (a local Portuguese resinous bush).

 

Taste:  Good structure with matured round tannins and a long persistent finish.

 

Vinification:  80% of the grapes come from vines planted in the 1990s and 20% from old vines aged between 60 and 100 years.  The grapes fermented in 10.000 kgs and 5.000 kgs stainless steel tanks for one week.  All wines were fermented under controlled temperature varying between 23º and 25ºC.

 

Varieties:  Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Sousão and Old Vines (Field Blend).

 

Ageing:  90% aged for 8 months in stainless steel tanks.  The remaining 10% aged in used, 225 litres, French oak barrels (3rd and 4th use) for 16 months, until final blending.

 

Bottling Date:  July 2022

 

Number of bottles:  610,000 Bottles of 750ml

 

Alcohol:  13.5%

 

Winemaker:  Francisco Olazabal & Francisco Ferreira

 

 

Quinta do Vallado

 

Douro, Portugal

 

Over the course of 300+ years, since 1716, Quinta do Vallado has been producing excellent wines in Portugal’s Douro Valley.  It is one of the oldest and most famous wineries in all the Douro, started by the legendary Doña Antónia Adelaide Ferreira, and still belongs to the same family today.  It is a sixth-generation winery, currently owned by João Ferreira Alvares Ribeiro and Francisco Ferreira.  The estate produced Port wines exclusively, until the 1990’s when it expanded production into dry wines.

Vallado has 250 acres of its own vineyards in two sub-regions of the Douro.  They are comprised of 100-year-old field blend vines, single variety plots and certified organic vineyards.  The terraced vineyards are hand-harvested with one row of vines trained to a double cordon trellising system, allowing for good drainage, air flow and erosion control.

Quinta do Vallado built a state-of-the-art winery in 2009, along with an ultra-modern hotel, which was completed in 2015.  These upgrades solidified the Douro Valley as a world-class tourism destination.  The winery was recently named as one of the top 100 vineyards in the world and one of Wine & Spirits Top 100 producers of 2021.  And in 2020, Decanter magazine bestowed the honor of one of the wines of the year to the 2019 Vallado Prima.

 

 

Rated 91 Points by Wine Enthusiast

 

“The estate wine of Vallado, this has generous blackfruit aromas and open, ripe tannins.  It is a ripe wine, with black-currant flavors and light wood-aging flavors.  Drink the wine from 2025.”  July 2024

 

 

 

Rated 90 Points & Daily Pick by Wine Spectator

 

“A zesty thread of milled black pepper and anise spice notes winds through flavors of ripe black plum, boysenberry, herbed green olive and tar in this lively, medium-bodied red, ending with a chewy finish.  Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Sousão.  Drink now through 2028.”  December 20, 2024