Quinta do Vale Meão

Douro Superior

The last great estate built by Dona Antónia Ferreira, and for decades the source of Barca Velha. Its own red is one of the Douro’s benchmarks.

Rated by Wine Spectator

2 wines from its Portugal report (28 Feb 2026 issue), with US release prices and value for money.

Wine	Vintage	Score	Price	Value
Douro	2022	94	$150	Good value (+0.9)
Douro Meandro	2022	88	$27	Priced high (−0.8)

Critics’ picks

Scores out of 100 belong to one bottle and vintage, not the whole style. We only list scores and rankings we could confirm in a public source; follow each link to check. Last checked 12 Nov 2026. Prices are US release prices per 75 cl as printed by the critic; value compares the score with the price trend.

Bottle	Critic	Score	Price · value	Source
Quinta do Vale Meão Vintage Port 2011 Port	Wine Spectator	98pts	$50 Great value (+7.6 pts)	2014
Quinta do Vale Meão Douro 2011 Douro Red	Wine Spectator	97pts No. 4, Top 100 of 2014	$76 Great value (+5.6 pts)	2014
Quinta do Vale Meão Douro 2022 Douro Red	Wine Spectator	94pts	$60 Great value (+3.2 pts)	28 Feb 2026 issue

Wines

Douro Red

Red

Douro DOC Tinto

Dry reds from the same terraces as Port: dense, floral and structured, with a stony freshness from schist soils. Barca Velha, first made in 1952, showed what was possible; since the 1990s Douro reds have become some of Europe’s most admired, especially from old field-blend vineyards.

Critics: up to 97 pts

Port

Fortified

Vinho do Porto

Sweet fortified wine from the Douro. Fermentation is stopped part-way by adding grape spirit (aguardente), which keeps natural grape sugar and lifts alcohol to roughly 19–22%. Grapes are still trodden by foot in granite lagares at some quintas. Traditionally the young wine was shipped downriver and aged in lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia, opposite Porto.

Critics: up to 99 pts

Grapes they’re known for

Touriga Nacional Touriga Franca