Quinta Da Vacaria Reserva Branco

Descrição

The Quinta da Vacaria, one of the oldest estates in the region (first recorded in 1616), sits on the banks of the Douro River beside the town of Régua, in the heart of the world’s oldest demarcated wine region. At its quay, Rabelo boats would dock to load long barrels of port wine, transporting them to Gaia at the river’s mouth, where they were sold wholesale worldwide. The barrels carried no producer’s seal, so the wine’s identity was obscured; at the destination it was bottled and labeled with the brand of the foreign merchants who bought it, some of whom went on to earn considerable prestige. (Illustrative image only)