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Producer | Quinta Vale D Maria Douro Tinto |
Country | Portugal |
Region | Douro |
Varietal | Tinta Amarela, Rufete, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Francisca, Touriga Franca, Tourig |
Vintage | 2016 |
Sku | 26016 |
Size | 750ml |
Rated 94 Points by Wine Advocate
The 2016 Tinto (Quinta Vale D. Maria) is a field blend from old vines, aged for 21 months in a two-thirds/one-third mixture of new and second use French barriques. It comes in at 15% alcohol. This certainly seems dense and ripe, like the 2015, but it also seems far better balanced, at least as the two show today. It seems lighter but fresher, more graceful and less alcoholic in perception. The fruit is better lifted. It's not as attention getting as the 2015, but at least today it is the better wine - although it does not have as high an upside.
Quinta Vale D Maria Douro Tinto 2016
A very elegant and a very fresh wine, with good colour, violet, dark red and purple, with a good concentration of mature dark red fruit aromas, black cherries and plums and gentle aromatic and fruity flavors. Great balance and acidity, intense and velvety, with finesse and elegance, so traditional of Quinta Vale D. Maria Douro Red. The ageing in 75% new and 25% one year old French oak casks concentrated the original mature tannins of the wine and has helped smoothen its power, originating in a very elegant wine with great balance and finesse and a very long and fruity finish.
Food Pairing: This wine finely accompanies red meats, roast beef and grilled meats.
Wine Type: Vinho Tinto
Grape Varieties
Tinta Amarela, Rufete, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Francisca, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Sousão
Enologists: Cristiano van Zeller and Sandra Tavares da Silva
Region: Douro
Alcohol: 15%
Winemaking
All our grapes were foot trodden in lagares for 1 to 3 days before fermentation, and then fermented in any of the various vats for 7 to 10 days at temperatures ranging from 22° to 27° Celsius, with pigeages by hand. We then rack the resulting wines in new Allier French oak 225 and 300-liter casks from various coopers (Seguin Moreau, François Frères, Taransaud, Louis Latour and Berthomieu), where they go through malolactic fermentation. All wines are then carefully aged for 21 months in barriques (75% new and 25% one year old French oak), keeping all different fermentations completely separated until the final blending takes place, just about one month before the bottling of the wines.
Quinta Vale D. Maria
Van Zellers & Co.
Cristiano van Zeller
Cristiano van Zeller is one of the Douro Valley's most important ambassadors. With considerable passion and the convincing authority of his voice, he spins tales all over the world about his treasure-trove of ancient vines, the plethora of individual grape varieties, and the great character of classic Douro Valley wines. Cristiano is the communicator par excellence and a very welcome guest at festivals, presentations and events. His Quinta Vale Dona Maria in Rio Torto is a veritable jewel, planted to a myriad of traditional grape varieties, grown on extremely steep hillsides. Together with his wife Joana, he has painstakingly renovated the vineyards of the quinta, and carefully restored the buildings. And although Quinta Vale Dona Maria is the smallest estate in the Douro, their wines can be found in the best restaurants and wine-bars all over the world.
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