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Vintage Port Quinta do Vallado is made from 60% mixed old vineyards and 40% Touriga Nacional. The grapes (50% of them with stalks) were fermented during 4 days in ‘lagares' with periodical foot trodden. The wine aged for 20 months in stainless steel vats. It is full bodied with ripe and soft tannins. The aftertaste is long and pleasant. The wine can be appreciated as an aperitive or on any other ocasion. Ideal accompaniment to nuts, cheeses or deserts.
Wine Year | 2018 |
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Country | Portugal |
Winemaker | Qinta do Vallado |
Region | Douro |
Price | nad 30 € |
Wine color | Red |
Stile of Wine | Porto |
Grape varieties | 60% old varieties, 40% Touriga Nacional |
Alcohol level | 19,50 % |
Serving temperature | 12-14°C |
Level of sugar | Dry |
Volume | 0,75 l |
Paring with food | Aperitif, cheese, desserts |
Wine score | 90 and more |
Grape variety | Zvrst |
Quinta do Vallado
Quinta do Vallado was built in 1716 and is one of oldest and most famous on the Douro Valley. It belonged to the legendary Dona Antonia Adelaide Ferreira and is still kept today in the family. Quinta do Vallado is a leading top quality producer of still wines in the Douro Valley and in Portugal. Wines from Vallado have the higher points ever achieved by portuguese wines in magazines as Wine Spectator and Robert Parker, all wines had already scores higher than 90 points. Vallado had the 22th position in The 100 Wines of the World in December 2010 with Reserva Field Blend 2007 and considered on the 100 top world wineries by Wine & Spirits. Vallado Douro Red wines have been selected by the IWC as 'best in the Douro' for a record three years in succession. Quinta do Vallado belongs to the Douro Boys, a five producers international acclaimed douro wines group. The Douro Boys are the leading faces in the quality revolution in the Douro that are putting douro still wines in the path of top international excellence.
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