Quinta Da Vacaria Grande Reserva Tinto

Description

Wine of intense, bright red color. It offers aromas of red fruits, with spice notes imparted by the wood. The taste is rich, with moderate and well-presented tannins. Quinta da Vacaria, one of the oldest estates in the region (first record dates back to 1616), is located on the banks of the Douro River near the town of Régua, in the heart of the world’s oldest demarcated wine region. At the estate’s quay, Rabelo boats would dock to load barrels filled with Port wine and transport them to Gaia, at the mouth of the river, where they were sold wholesale around the world. The wine left behind its original identity because these wooden barrels were not even marked with the producer’s seal. At the destination, the wine was bottled and labeled under the brand of the foreign merchants who purchased it, some of whom later gained considerable prestige. (image purely illustrative)