Quinta do Vale Meão

Antónia Adelaide Ferreira began Quinta do Vale Meão in 1877, buying 300 hectares of uncultivated land beside the Douro to create a model vineyard. Between 1887 and 1895, the property gained vineyards, cellars, houses, a school, a hospital and chapels. The property has stayed with her descendants, and the family’s first wines under its own name came from the 1999 harvest.

Schist, granite and alluvial soils run through the vineyards, where Douro grape varieties are planted in separate blocks and brought together in the cellar. The restored winery combines granite treading vats with modern equipment. Francisco, Luísa and Jaime share the management of the estate.