Quinta do Vallado Reserva Field Blend 2020

Quinta do Vallado Reserva Field Blend 2020

 

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Quinta do Vallado
Reserva Field Blend 2020
  • Vintage : 2020
  • Country : Portugal
  • Region : Douro
  • Subregion :
  • Type : Red
  • Style : Rich and Spicy
  • Format : 75cl
  • Alcohol : 14,5°
  • Grappes : 100% Vinhas Velhas

Experts Score Vintage
WE Wine Enthusiast 94 2020
RP Robert Parker 93 2020
WS Wine Spectator 91 2020
More information on wine critics and ratings

Very concentrated, with balsamic oak notes, fig and black plum aromas, tobacco.

On the palate it’s a full bodied wine, with firm, mature and silky tannins. Mineral notes and a very elegant, persistent and complex finish.

Vinification: The grapes from the old vineyards (over 80 years old) were vinified in stainless steel, temperature controlled, remontage vats, holding up to 5.000 kilos of grapes each. The chosen parcels of the 16 hectares of the old vineyards at Quinta do Vallado were vinified separately, the fermentation lasting an average of 8 to 20 days. The grapes from the younger vineyards of Sousão were foot trodden in lagares and fermented in the lagares for 6 days.

Ageing: the wines from the old vineyards were then stored in stainless steel tanks for the duration of the malolactic fermentation and were afterwards racked to 225 litres new French Allier Oak barriques. The wines from new vineyards after a first racking were immediately stored in similar 225 litres barriques of new French oak. The wine was kept for 17 months on the barriques.

Tradition

Quinta do Vallado, established in 1716, is one of the oldest and most famous "Quintas" in the Douro Valley.

It once belonged to the legendary Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira, and still belongs to her descendants. It lies on both banks of the Corgo River, a tributary of the Douro River, near its mouth, close to the town of Peso da Régua.

For almost 200 years, Quinta do Vallado´s main activity was the production of Porto wines that were commercialized by the Ferreira Port House (belonging to the Ferreira family).

Following Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira´s great achievement, her Great grand-son Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, and his son Jorge Cabral Ferreira were the main architects of the further development of the Quinta´s vineyards and winery.

Modern Times

Moving from the centuries-old tradition of selling the farm´s production to the Ferreira Portwine House, in 1993, under the direction of Guilherme Álvares Ribeiro and his wife Maria Antónia Ferreira, the company decided to extend the business towards the production, bottling and marketing of own-label wines.

Also in 1993 under the guidance of Prof. Nuno Magalhães, a deep restructuring of the vineyards was started, with the objective of increasing the production of high quality grape varieties.

These new vineyards were planted with the best varieties in single plots, breaking with the old tradition of planting many different varieties in the same vineyard.

The homogenization of treatment, ripening and picking times made for a clear improvement in processes and translated into a much more regular, easy to control and economically effective quality production.

With 50 ha of vineyards aged from 6 to 15 years and having kept 20 ha of the best old plots, more than 80 years old, Quinta do Vallado, and it's executives João Ferreira Álvares Ribeiro, Francisco Ferreira (head of agricultural management) and Francisco Olazabal (oenologist), all descendants of Dona Antónia, has achieved national and international acclaimed levels of quality and recognition.

The construction of the new winery and barriques cellar, started in 2008 and concluded in the fall of 2009, combines state of the art technology with a high quality architecture project, making it one of the places to visit in the Douro valley.

Wine Enthusiast (WE) : 94 Points (2020)
Firm and dense, this concentrated wine has powerful black fruits. Its texture is still very present and young, promising great things for the future. Drink this memorable wine from 2026.

Robert Parker (RP) : 93 Points (2020)
The 2020 Reserva is a field blend (some 35 grapes from vines ranging from 60 to 100 years old) that is principally Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela, Touriga Franca and Tinta Barroca, all aged for 16 months in 22% new French oak. It comes in at 14.9% alcohol. Big and ripe, this drinks well and tastes great, but it isn't quite as fresh as, say, the Touriga. That's not to suggest that it doesn't hold its balance; it does. It just seems more typical. It is rather tasty, with ripe tannins for support. You can drink this young or hold it for extended aging.

Wine Spectator (WS) : 91 Points (2020)
A graceful red, with a lovely mix of ripe red and black currant and cherry flavors, plus delicate accents of dried lavender, graphite and milled anise and pepper married to supple tannins. Medium- to full-bodied, lightly juicy and focused throughout, with a well-spiced finish.

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