2015 Quinta do Vale Meao Tinto Douro Portugal

37% Off 98WE Douro Red "2011 Winemaker of the Year" -Revista de Vinhos Produced from the Oldest Estate Vineyards BHW Has the lowest price anywhere! Free Shipping on 6 or more bottles About the Wine First planted in 1877 by Doña Antonia Ferriera, the vineyards have all been replanted to the traditional varietals of Portugal’s Douro DOC, beginning in the 1980s. In 2011 Winemaker Francisco Olazabal, 4X Great Grandson of Doña Antonia, was honored as Portugal’s ‘Winemaker of the Year.' A marriage of tradition and technology, the estate boasts temperature-controlled stainless steel fermentation, yet all of the fruit is still trodden by foot, for 4 hours in ancient stone troughs called Lagares. This wine derives from a rigorous selection of grapes produced in the oldest vineyards of the Quinta: Vale Grande, Cabeço das Pulgas, Casa das Máquinas, Três encostas, and Poente da Viola. Each grape variety is harvested and vinified separately. After being crushed and de-stemmed into granite ‘Lag