Red Wine

Monte Meão

Vinha dos Novos 2021, 75cl

Douro

Monte Meão

The Ferreirinha estates are probably the most emblematic in the Douro. Among them, Quinta do Vale Meão has considerable symbolism, as it is an idealized project from scratch, the quinta having been acquired on virgin land.
On its own, Quinta do Vale Meão is truly one of Portugal’s most interesting and coveted wines. It deserves to be highlighted for the quality it offers in every vintage in which it is marketed.

The winemaking process
After being crushed, the grapes undergo a thermal shock followed by foot crushing for four hours in granite presses. After this process, the grapes are transferred to small French oak barrels where they ferment for around 10 days. The wine is aged for 15 months in 225-litre used French oak barrels.

Winemaker
Francisco Olazabal

Allergens information

Contains sulphites.

Quinta do Vale Meão

In 1877, Antónia Adelaide Ferreira, owner of the largest winemaking estate in the Douro, purchased 300 hectares of virgin land at auction from the Vila Nova de Foz Côa municipality. Her dream was to create a model vineyard from nothing, using for this the vast experience she had acquired throughout a lifetime as a Douro landowner. This ambitious project took eight years to complete, from 1887 to 1895. Sadly, this grand lady’s pleasure in her last and most significant enterprise was of short duration as she died in 1896.

Since then, the estate always remained in the hands of her descendants. In the 1970s, her great-great-great-grandson, Francisco Javier de Olazabal became responsible for its management and he began the long and laborious process of acquiring the shares that belonged to his kin and to other co-owners of the property. In 1994, he and his children became the sole owners of the Quinta. Until then, the grapes from the estate were sold to A.A. Ferreira S.A., the company established by Dona Antónia’s descendants, where they formed the basis of some its finest wines. This connection continued until 1998 when Francisco Javier de Olazabal resigned as Managing Director of A.A. Ferreira S.A. to dedicate himself, together with his oenologist son Francisco de Olazabal y Nicolau de Almeida, to producing, ageing and marketing the wines from the Quinta through a new company, F. Olazabal & Filhos Lda.

Address

F. Olazabal & Filhos, Lda.

Quinta do Vale Meão
5150-501 Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Portugal