QUINTA DOS FRADES
PORTO VINTAGE
Technical Data
  • The Wine:  The year of 2017 was of exceptional quality that led the Quinta dos Frades to declare our first Port Vintage for the first time in our history.

  • Grape Varieties:  Selection of the best grapes from our old vines of Quinta dos Frades. Old vines with more than 23 different grape varieties such us Bastardo, Rufete, Donzelinho, Tinta Francisca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Barroca, Touriga Franca, Tinta Carvalha, Tinta da Barca.

  • Region:  DOURO DOC
  • Age of The Vines:  90 Years
  • Type:  Red
  • Vintage:  2017
  • Soil:  Schist
  • Alcohol:  20%


  • Grapegrowing and winemaking:  The grapes are manually harvest with a selection of the best grape bunches.On arrival at the wine cellar the grapes are placed in granite open fermenters (Lagares) and foot trodden during alcoholic fermentation, after the wine matures in large old casks.

  • Maturation:  Aged in old Portuguese oak casks.

  • Bottling:  Bottled in May 2019.
    4.000 bottles (0.75 l)

  • Tasting Notes:  Appearence: A pure and intense purple colour;
    Nose: Intense and complex given by the exceptional year of 2017;
    Palate: Sweet and substantial with a great structure and foretelling a positive evolution over the next two decades.

  • Allergens:  Contains sulphites

  • Winemaker:  Anselmo Mendes