Quinta do Vale Meão Red 2021 75cl

Description

In 1877 D. Antónia Adelaide Ferreira, already owner of the largest agricultural heritage in the Douro, purchased 300 hectares of virgin land at public auction from the VN de Foz Côa council. Her dream was to build a model farm from scratch, implementing in it all the vast experience accumulated throughout her life as a Douro businesswoman.

This ambitious project was fully carried out between 1887 and 1895. It was the last and most significant achievement of that Lady, who however enjoyed little of it, as she died in 1896.

Since then, the farm has always remained in the possession of his descendants. From the 1970s onwards, his great-great-grandson Francisco Javier de Olazabal took over its management and began a long process of acquiring undivided shares from his family and co-owners, and in 1994 he became, together with his children, the sole owner of the Quinta.
Until then, the Quinta's grapes were sold to the company AA Ferreira SA, founded by the descendants of D. Antónia, and were the basis of some of its best wines.
This connection continued until 1998, the year in which Francisco Javier de Olazabal decided to resign as president of AA, Ferreira SA to dedicate himself, together with his winemaker son Francisco de Olazabal y Nicolau de Almeida, to the production, aging and marketing of the farm's wines. , through the creation of the company F. Olazabal & Filhos, Lda.

Today Francisco, Luísa and Jaime are linked to the management of the company, each in their own role, and share the same passion for wine. From one harvest to the next, they respect tradition and keep an open mind to innovation. The entire Olazabal family expresses their enthusiasm and contributes to perpetuating D. Antónia's project of making Quinta do Vale Meão a model Quinta in its own time.