Winery Quinta do Vale Meão - Meandro Douro Tinto

Winery Quinta do Vale MeãoMeandro Douro Tinto

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Meandro Douro Tinto of Winery Quinta do Vale Meão is a red wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Tinto cão, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

Taste structure of the Meandro Douro Tinto from the Winery Quinta do Vale Meão

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Meandro Douro Tinto of Winery Quinta do Vale Meão in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, chocolate

Wine with earth taste

leather, earthy

Wine with spices taste

pepper, licorice

Wine with microbio taste

cheese, cream

Wine with floral taste

violet, lavender

On the nose the Meandro Douro Tinto of Winery Quinta do Vale Meão in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of iron, dark fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of marzipan, pomegranate or savory.

Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta do Vale Meão's Meandro Douro Tinto.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca

Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.

Last vintages of this wine

Meandro Douro Tinto - 2019
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Meandro Douro Tinto - 2018
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Meandro Douro Tinto - 2017
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 411110
Meandro Douro Tinto - 2016
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 411110
Meandro Douro Tinto - 2015
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Meandro Douro Tinto - 2014
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 411110
Meandro Douro Tinto - 2013
In the top 100 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Meandro Douro Tinto from Winery Quinta do Vale Meão are 2000, 2003, 1999, 2007 and 2004.

Informations about the Winery Quinta do Vale Meão

The winery offers 12 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Quinta do Vale Meão is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 1500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 500 of of Douro wines
In the top 20000 of red wines
In the top 30000 wines of the world

The wine region of Douro

The wine region of Douro is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 1110 estates and châteaux in the of Douro, producing 4307 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Douro go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Duriense

Duriense is a Portuguese wine region covering the same area as the Douro DOC and the Port wine region. In difference from Douro DOC, Duriense VR is a designation at the lower Vinho Regional (VR) level, which corresponds to table wines with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations, similar to a French vin de pays region. Thus, it is the simpler or less typical wines of the Douro region that are sold using a Duriense VR label. Before the creation of a separate Duriense VR, the Douro vineyards were Part of the former Transmontano/tras-os-montes">Trás-os-Montes VR, which is now called Transmontano VR and no longer includes the Douro vineyards.

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The word of the wine: Length

Persistence in the mouth of a wine measured in caudalies.

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