Meandro Branco 2024
Region: Douro
Producer: Quinta do Vale Meão
After years of delivering exceptional value for money with the Meandro red, Francisco Olazabal now also does the exercise in white.
Meandro white combines the lively acidity of Arinto with the fruit and mouthfill of Rabigato.
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | 50% Rabigato, 40% Arinto |
| Drinking window | 2025-2043 |
| Alc. | 12.0% |
| Vinification | After being slightly crushed, the grapes are cooled down and pressed in a<br />traditional vertical press. The must is transferred to small temperature control stainless steel vats<br />in order to complete vinification. Each grape variety is vinified separately. T |
| Ripening | Aged on lees for six months. |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
Vale Meão counts as the absolute top of the Douro, and the Meandro is the bottle with which you get to know that house without paying a top price for it. The grapes are lightly crushed, chilled and pressed in a traditional vertical press — the old-fashioned way, which presses more gently than a modern one — and fermentation takes place in small temperature-controlled steel tanks. Then six months on the lees. Rabigato and Arinto, high acidity, no oak: straight, pure and long.
Farm chicken with grilled lemon and garlic
Vegetable tempura with ponzu
Serveren op 9–11 °C
Drink: 2026–2031
“The 2024 Meandro Branco began in 2013 with grapes from two vineyards, one Rabigato and the other Arinto, in the Douro Superior, because they didn't want to go and source grapes from the same place as everybody else, namely Porrais. So, they bought these vineyards that are 500 meters from the property. Later, they found more small plots of both varieties. Today, it has a little more Rabigato than Arinto, two varieties they feel behave well in their zone. The wine is mostly in stainless steel. This is young and tender, floral, faintly balsamic and has very good freshness and acidity. It has 12.2% alcohol, a pH of 3.3 (it doesn't go through malolactic) and has a salty twist in the finish, a characteristic of the whites in the zone. 41,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2025.”
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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