Quinta do Vale Meão Vintage Port 2018 Size::6 Bottle Case Telmo’s Verdejo vines are plagued

Telmo’s Verdejo vines are plagued by wild boars (see the back label) coming out of the adjacent forest to feast at night on the near-ripe tangy green-gold fruit

The nose is delicate and fresh with fruity and florals aromas

The walls of the Clos are no longer standing as they were originally built from clay and hay

star anise and thyme and a little earthy complexity adding interest

often seen in the native surrounds of the Marlborough Sounds

Quinta do Vale Meão Vintage Port 2018 Size::6 Bottle Case Telmo’s Verdejo vines are plaguedThe grapes pass through a quality control before being crushed, in order to avoid mainly raisins, and in some varieties possible Botrytis problems. After being crushed, the grapes are cooled down and periodically trodden by foot in granite "lagares" until the sugar contents of the must reaches the required level. This process lasts in average for three days. The must is then racked to the storage vats and wine brandy is added to stop fermentation.