Quinta do Vale Meão Vintage Port 2001
Region: Porto
Producer: Quinta do Vale Meão
Why we chose this wine
This 'aged at the Quinta' Vintage is unique. All major port houses release their Vintage Port 2 years after harvest. At Vale Meão, they decided to bottle the wine also 2 years after harvest but then aged the bottles on the estate until 2022.
Just before they hit the market, all the bottles were re-corked. This makes them easy to open for those who want to drink them now or ready to continue aging in bottle for another 20-30 years. Even though the wine tastes delicious now, the storage potential of this 2001 is still huge.
Just before they hit the market, all the bottles were re-corked. This makes them easy to open for those who want to drink them now or ready to continue aging in bottle for another 20-30 years. Even though the wine tastes delicious now, the storage potential of this 2001 is still huge.
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Blend of 10 local varieties with a dominance of Touriga Franca |
| Drinking window | 2025-2050 |
| Alc. | 20.0% |
| Vinification | in open lagares with intensive extraction until fortification |
| Ripening | by the rules of the art aged for 2 years in large wooden casks and then, quite uniquely, aged in bottle on the estate until 2022. |
What the critics say
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
94/ 100
Published 04-08-2022
Drink: 2022–2037
Drink: 2022–2037
“The 2001 Vintage Port is a blend dominated by Touriga Franca. it comes in with 87 grams per liter of residual sugar. This comes with the subtitle "aged at the Quinta," meaning that it has never been released before and it has been aging in bottle all these years (bottled in 2003, wood aged). This is in a great place now, the tannins mostly moderated and the chocolaty and more mature nuances showing perfectly. This is clearly not a youngster, but it is in a perfect place. I wouldn't count on it developing a lot more. There is certainly plenty of life left, though, perhaps more than indicated, and it is delicious. It is a nice price for a mature Port and shows you at least a glimpse of why that matters. The backbone is relatively modest, but I loved the fruit. There were 6,000 bottles produced, approximately.”
— Mark Squires, 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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