Quinta do Vale Meão Douro

Frankly underwhelming and lacking depth, interest and development. Overripe. Drink or avoid. Bottle 5 of 5. 14.5% abv

2013 vintage

Un des meilleurs vin dégusté à vie. Un 2013 à son apogée. Ne pas carafer Robe pourpre foncée. Au nez, un mélange de fruits rouges et une pointe de tabac. En bouche les tanins sont fins et intégrés et on retrouve des arômes de cassis et cerise, un boisé équilibré et une agréable fraîcheur mentholée qui confère au vin une belle légèreté et une longue finale.

2013 vintage

Albeit past its prime, nonetheless tertiary flavors abound and it was quite enjoyable. Tannins super smooth.

2013 vintage

Dark garnet colored Dusty nose. Leather gloves. Some remnants of dark fruit Thick and unctuous. Dusty. Medium-plus finish. Pretty linear. A good wine for sure but misses the mark IMHO. Drink now, as I doubt it will get any better. Pizza and wings tonight. Thanks Britt.

2013 vintage

Quinta do Vale Meão - Tour and tasting (Douro, Portugal) : From memory, no notes. Medium to dark garnet colour. Dried fruit profile, with some oak tannin. Apparently made from much riper fruit at the time than more recent vintages, with more extraction and more oak. Showing some age, and the wine seemed more evolved than I would expect at 12 years old.

2013 vintage

I drank the same wine as Fipile à la différence que je ne vois aucune trace d'âge à l'oeil. La robe est pourpre, complètement opaque. Le vin est prêt à boire et je suis content d'avoir une autre bouteille parce que c'est rendu trop cher.

2013 vintage

decanted for 1 hour, then poured back in the bottle for 3 hours. Dark Crimson colour showing little age, the nose mixed berries, menthol, eucalyptus, and a bit of tobacco leaves. On the palate, the concentration is obvious, the tannins are integrated and fine, and layers of more dark and red fruits (blackcurrant, cherry), balanced oak, and a fine streak of menthol freshness that gives the wine a sense of lightness and a long finish.

2013 vintage

At Rare wine dinner (Muru) from Magnum. Rather closed on the nose with little dark fruit. Medium bodied, supple and smooth, showing subtle dark fruit with minerals/salt licorice and gentle tannins. Pretty nice.

2013 vintage

Not quite balanced and seemingly in the middle of something. Lacking the elegance of other vintages

2013 vintage

Skøn vin med god kraft, behagelig syre og dejlig rød frugt.

2013 vintage

This is an Okay wine. The body is medium+, the nose is kind of mute, it's pretty unidimensional but good. Green tea, leaves, and decent finish. Not a good value but it may get better with some time. IDK.

2013 vintage

That's really good!

2013 vintage

This has aged nicely. Blue/black fruits paired with soft tannins and still some good acidity and complexity. Really tasty and great QPR.

2013 vintage

Made from Touriga Nacional (35 %), Touriga Franca (34 %), Tinta Roriz (20 %), Tinta Barroca (6 %), Tinta Cão (3 %), Sousão. Purple colour. Very fine, med+ intense bouquet. Dry, med(+) acid and tannins, med+ body and intensity. Good finish. Probably made to be drunk now, but I don't think this one is going downhill anytime soon. Drink og keep. My notes: Black fruits and berries, bramble, vanilla, raisins, granite and spices.

2013 vintage

Had couple glasses. Good, smooth but tannic. Back to rest awhile

2013 vintage

Fourty-one grapes in this. Sweet ripe nose with floral/red fruit notes. Oak is very well-integrated. Elegant, smooth texture with a beautiful, lasting aftertaste.

2013 vintage

Perfumey nose with notes of violets, hibiscus, red fruit (cranberry, raspberry) and blueberry. Medium body with very crisp acidity and medium expressed tannins. Fresh, fruity, straightforward.

2013 vintage

Badly Corked!

2013 vintage

Extremely well made; very rich, great concentration of dark cherries and black fruits, cedar, smoke, chocolate, strawberry jam, toasted spices and violets. Amazing long and creamy finish.

2013 vintage

Winebar [4 Whts, 8 Reds, & 4 Shared Bottles] from 12/8/17 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA) : 35% Touriga Nacional, 34% Touriga Franca, 20% Tinta Roriz, 6% Tinta Barroca, 3% Tinto Cão, & 2% Sousâo. "After crushing the grapes undergo a thermal shock followed by foot walking for four hours in granite winches. The wort is transferred to small capacity wine cellars with temperature control. The grapes are vinified separately. This wine aged in second and third year barrels …

2013 vintage

I decided to decant this for 4 hours prior to starting to taste it just to see what an extended aeration would do. Plenty of mocha and tar showed when I first started drinking this 4 hours into decanting. Over the following 3 hours it slowly changed to more tar and black fruit. The light tannins and lifting acidity did not change and respectively gave it depth and freshness. I really liked how this wasn't "over the top" in terms …

2013 vintage

Opened about 24 hours. Lovely bramble berries, graphite, spices, cedar, and a tannic backbone running through it. This drinks very well, and a touch better with a good decant, and I'd surmise it should be able to hold a few years without issue if one so desire. But why wait. I think it's so well balanced right now there's no point in aging this. 89 Points

2013 vintage

Beautiful dark purple. Concentrated aromas of chocolate, cherries, and blueberry. Lots of vivacity. Palate is also concentrated, heavy tannins, dark berries. Really delicious and easy drinking. I agree with the other reviews; this is 3-5 years from being special.

2013 vintage

A wine with a firm tannic backbone. Both fruity and chewy

2013 vintage

Dark and dense ruby red. Modern, sweet and sour aromas. Big, tannic and concentrated with a long finish. Impressive. Needs time.

2013 vintage

Medium body, herbal, angular

2013 vintage

A rich, forceful, plump wine with dark fruits (plums, blackberry), pepper, violets and vanilla. Perhaps a bit internationally styles for some, but I thought this was well done and built to improve with cellar time. Lengthy finish with fine-grained tannins.

2013 vintage

Love the wines from Portugal and this Touriga Nacional blend has been my favorite so far. A beautiful color, full bodied, and smooth from start to finish.

2013 vintage

Portugal Reds 1988-2013 : Warm, bites your nose as you smell it, low acidity. Metallic but also with wood notes and dust. Milk chocolate on the palate. Finish ff dried fruits. Young, but good.

2013 vintage

Very good. Will buy more.

2013 vintage

Fruit intensity was abundant but didnt offer much after that.

2013 vintage

Tasted at Spanish wine tasting at Total Wine in Towson, MD on Thursday, August 18, 2016. Deep Red with black fruit. Was one of the best wines of the event. 14% alcohol. $24.99

2013 vintage

At tasting event at Total Wine in Scottsdale, AZ. Loved this wine. Reminded me of lacrima d'morro, but a little more full bodied.

2013 vintage

Youthful color, well made wine that need some red meat to help with a little bit of bitterness. I would love to try that in a few years.

2013 vintage

Unfortunately I opened this bottle at a nice restaurant and despite a two hour decant it was largely undrinkable. Currently a tannic monster. Has tremendous potential as a hyper-concentrated big red. Would wait at least 5 years and this could be really good. Very sad I committed infanticide on a not inexpensive bottle.

2013 vintage

Blackberry, flowers and dried herb, savoury nose. The palate has lush blackcurrant fruit with superb intensity which then gives way to a wonderful garrigue and cedary finish. This is really good now but I would love to taste it with 5-10 years more in the bottle. Unfortunately Portuguese supermarkets are only selling the most recent vintage and I have nowhere suitable to lay it down here.

2013 vintage

Big, full bodied wine. The nose was slightly alcoholic, and the flavors simpler than I would have liked, but it was a pleasant wine overall.

2013 vintage

Powerful 14 percent alcohol ! Dark ruby / purple Slightly sweet taste Lovely wine with cheese I think But, I think the wine misses complexity for such an expensive / highly rated wine

2013 vintage

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