Winery Quinta do Vale Meão - Meandro Finest Reserve Porto

Winery Quinta do Vale MeãoMeandro Finest Reserve Porto

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Meandro Finest Reserve Porto of Winery Quinta do Vale Meão is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or sweet desserts.

Taste structure of the Meandro Finest Reserve Porto from the Winery Quinta do Vale Meão

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Meandro Finest Reserve Porto of Winery Quinta do Vale Meão in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey, leather

Wine with oak taste

clove, tobacco

On the nose the Meandro Finest Reserve Porto of Winery Quinta do Vale Meão in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, blackberry or leather and sometimes also flavors of clove, honey or non oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta do Vale Meão's Meandro Finest Reserve Porto.

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 Finest Reserve Porto - 2011
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Meandro Finest Reserve Porto from Winery Quinta do Vale Meão are 2011

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 Porto 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 Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 6000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 2000 of of Porto wines
In the top 2000 of natural sweet wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Porto

The wine region of Porto is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 312 estates and châteaux in the of Porto, producing 2132 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Porto 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: Oxidation

Alteration of the wine caused by prolonged contact with oxygen and resulting in a coppery colour with brown reflections and the appearance of typical aromas reminiscent of rancid nuts.

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