Quinta do Vale Meão Colheita 1999
Region: Porto
Producer: Quinta do Vale Meão
Why we chose this wine
As descendants of the renowned Ferreira Port family, the Olazabals need no lessons in Port production—a fact they emphatically demonstrate with the release of this 1999 Colheita.
While most producers release their Colheitas after about ten years of aging, this Vale Meão was given a full 25 years to develop in the barrel.
This imparts great complexity to the wine.
While most producers release their Colheitas after about ten years of aging, this Vale Meão was given a full 25 years to develop in the barrel.
This imparts great complexity to the wine.
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, |
| Drinking window | 2026-2045 |
| Alc. | 19.5% |
| Vinification | in open lagares<br /> |
| Ripening | from 1999 till 2025 in oak barrels |
What the critics say
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
93/ 100
Published 16-04-2026
Drink: 2026–2040
Drink: 2026–2040
“They are releasing their first Colheita, which is the first Port they produced at the Quinta, sold as 1999 Port Colheita First Edition, produced exclusively from their own grapes and aged in used Port pipas in the Bodega de la Barca Velha, which they use exclusively to age Port. It has a dark amber color and a nose that still shows young, with a mixture of red berries, nuts and spices and almost no volatility. The palate is stunning, with spices and notes of citrus that provide freshness. It's elegant and not too sweet, with some 94 grams of sugar. It's a textbook Colheita of its age, harmonious and balanced, clean and elegant. Next Colheitas might be 2003, 2004... They have a lot of stock, and they are starting to sell the wines 25 years after the harvest. They produced some 2,000 bottles, but they have 4,000 liters of the wine. It was bottled in 2025.”
— Luis Gutiérrez, Robert Parker Wine Advocate
The producer
Quinta do Vale Meão
The wines of Vale Meão are considered the absolute best in the Douro and we invite you to discover them. You will not only taste tasty and characterful wines, but you will also receive 150 years of fascinating history just like that.
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