Quinta Do Vallado, Tinto, Douro

Wow! This has held up well for a wine meant for early drinking. 14%, dark but clear garnet/ruby with a lighter edge. Dried red fruit leather and aged cow leather with some vanilla from the wood left over. Medium concentration, great balance of fruit/acid/tannins. Just a well-made aged Douro table wine meant to be consumed within a few years that outshines its younger counterparts. Grape order=Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Touriga National & Sousao.

2007 vintage

Leaf Day - decanted off a very small amount of hard sediment. Garnet in the glass with a slightly browning rim. Slightly reticent nose of earth, weathered leather, black fruit, dried red fruit, red flowers, savoury herbs and white pepper. On the palate there’s an amazing amount of blue and black fruit. The entry is very soft and the tannins are fully resolved but this wine is singing tonight. It’s so youthful and fruit forward. I wouldn’t come close to …

2004 vintage

Drinking very nicely, still good dark fruits, spice, leather, well integrated tannins, good finish

2007 vintage

inky blackish red, little clarity, ruby hue Nose: blackberries, plum, tobacco, cola, dark chocolate, minerals, dirt, stem, hot, oak Pal: blackberries, plum, tobacco, cola, bitter chocolate, spice, minerals, dirt, stem, oak Feel: medium, full, acidic, round Finish: medium, long T8 excellent, wine has plenty of time

2007 vintage

Nose is still nice but fruit and palate are pretty faded. Over the hill

2007 vintage

I concur with Icury as I believe this wine has seen better days. The black fruit is dominant in the aroma which leads to attractive flavors of cassis, chocolate, black cherry, and plum. There are really no visible tannins left, but the finish is a dried, pencil lead veneer. Not much punch left or concentration to merit a decent score.

2007 vintage

Gone

2007 vintage

EXCELLENT..... Big fruit, rich & long on taste.

2007 vintage

Concentrated & bold red fruit particularly dried cherry & herbal notes. Pencil lead & cedar. Wonderful & excellent QPR. I had this wine with prosciutto, salame, french blue cheese & olives. This wine can go very well with any red meat dish.

2007 vintage

This is not quiiiiiiite in balance... acidity dominates on opening and then it is just a tad too much fruit as the tannins show up. However, it is a pretty kickbutt dry Portuguese red beyond this. The Touriga Nacional stands out (even though it is only present in small quantity here) along with the Barroca, making for a wine that has deep black fruit flavors and a hint of purple raisiny quality without being mouthfilling or sticky. Married very well …

2007 vintage

Best and last of the three bottles purchased a few years ago. This bottle contained bright vibrant fruit with a semi long satisfying finish. This is the wine I hoped for. If you have any I would drink up though.

2007 vintage

No formal note

2007 vintage

Better than the last bottle as this one carried the night with more fruit. Still lacking something though as this wine was just a little above average.

2007 vintage

Very smooth wine with the tannins well integrated. Nice finish but the wine lacked the expression of fruit throughout. Keep in mind that I like fruit forward wines though not fruit bombs.

2007 vintage

Larger styled than I expected with a depth of fruit you'd expect in Australian shiraz. All present and correct but lacking some of that savoury, tobacco, mineral character I expected.

2007 vintage

Day one this was dry, earthy, hot and dusty. Tannins were harsh. Nice nose and deep purple, but fruit was barely detectable. This wine had a big red stop sign on it. Day two this was an entirely different wine. Was approachable and even "elegant." While shoveling 4 yards of heavy top soil today I kept wondering about the harsh beater I drank last night. To my surprise, a day later the wine had opened and was lush, polished, still …

2007 vintage

Good/Very Good. Dark purple. Another review called it "stewed prunes." It's a good description. Perhaps a hint of dark cherries. Dusty dry. Mellow. I like this wine. <Wow/Very Good/Good/Fair/Plonk>

2007 vintage

dark fruit, high aggresive tannin, moderate plus acidity, give this another year or two.

2007 vintage

dried figs on nose. Tobacco and leather on palate followed by soft silk tannins. very integrated and drinking far more sophisticated than a rustic Douro. Not much of a signature mineral finish.

2007 vintage

Good/Very Good. Dark to the rim. Dark fruits, dusty. Aged enough to mellow and lose the sharp edge of younger Duoros. <Wow/Very Good/Good/Fair/Plonk>

2007 vintage

Ick

2007 vintage

very flinty.

2007 vintage

nice minerality that paired well with chicken cacciatore

2007 vintage

PnP. Aromas and flavors of dark fruits, earth, and pepper. A nice mineral backbone with a medium, dry, and tannic finish. Seemed a bit disjointed - possibly needs more time to come together.

2007 vintage

nice fruit on nose yielding to a nice viscous mouthfeel with earthy loam and a nice mineral / flinty finish.

2007 vintage

Still sticking with my original rating. I'm going to go with less fruit this time though and more earth tones. Blackberries, black currant, and tar on the nose. A hint of iodine or cedar adds a band-aid sort of overtone. That is to say, a medicinal nose. Attack of stewed prunes and tobacco. A flat mid palate then ramping up into strong black tea tones for the finish. Tannins are beginning to integrate a bit better. Overall a nice enough …

2007 vintage

i'm trying here, but i'm just so unimpressed with the Portuguese wines. this one had a decent enough nose of confectionery fruit, but the palate was just boring.

2004 vintage

VERY GOOD. VISUAL: M intensity, rubi/purple, thick tears. NOSE: Black fruit, violet, coffee, earth/mineral, M intensity, complexity and M- persistence. PALATE: Medium to full bodied, M intensity, acidity, alcohol and tannins. FINISH: Nice balance and finish. OVERALL: 88-89 points.

2004 vintage

De Côr Ruby, este vinho apresenta algumas notas florais (violetas) acompanhadas por um fruto vermelho maduro. Na boca mostra-se já afinado e pronto a ser bebido com prazer.

2004 vintage

Nice dark red. Fruity nose of dusty cherries and some spices. Medium-bodied, very pleasing, but also interesting as it seems to have a couple of layers of interesting spices and minerals. Port-like, not in the usual sense that it's alcoholic, sweet or massive, but in terms of the taste. I haven't drunk that much portuguiese wine, but the ones I have all seemed to have a good combination of dusty warmth, complex spices and minerals as well as good fruit. …

2004 vintage

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