This is all spice and chocolate, dark and bold.
Stem code: 12VALL3B
To request trade prices, add your chosen products to your trade quote.
A big, dark, concentrated wine with a real show-stopping attitude. Plums, blackberries, cocoa, cinnamon, anis and vanilla all make appearances. Ripe, chewy tannins and clean acidity provide the backdrop.
Kintah do Valardoh Dooro Reservah
Quinta do Vallado is a small but perfectly formed producer in Portugal. This wine is a blend of a number of different Portuguese grape varieties which are usually used to make port. It has flavours of rich, spicy bramble fruit.
A densely packed wine with ripe black fruit, balsamic, figs and tobacco all present on the palate with rich succulent tannins.
Taste Test is our exclusive wine & customer profiling system. Wines are scored according to their power and intensity. The scale runs from 3 (luscious, sweet wines) up to 15 (full-bodied, intense dry reds).
Intense
For people who enjoy big, bold wines that really pack a punch. For many who enjoy similar wines it’s a case of the bigger the better!
This eighteenth century Douro wine estate is actually one of the most modern-looking in Portugal. Although the team uses the traditional panoply of indigenous grapes, their methods are bang up to date and the results are nothing short of sensational.
Unusually for the region, Quinta do Vallado's priority is making table wines rather than Port, although their 10 year old Tawny is a superb partner for everything from ripe Stilton to ginger cake. The success of this approach has been borne out by the spicy, rich Tinto Reserva walking off with a host of trophies at both the IWC and Decanter awards.
Portuguese wines are really starting to develop a strong following here in the UK, so it’s pretty exciting for us to be able to offer you wines from what we believe is one the most dynamic winery in the region.
Find out more about this producer
Vivid is the brand we have created to encompass all our green initiatives. Vivid is led by an incredibly hard working committee which is responsible for introducing and implementing all our environmental policies.
This producer is neither certified organic, biodynamic nor ISO14001 but are notable for their drive and enthusiasm when it comes to taking action to protect the environment and to promote sustainability.
