ClassificationDOC Porto and DOC Douro
VarietalsTouriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Sousao
OwnerSilva Reis family
Founded1756
TastingMultilingual guided tour of the historic Gaia cellars ending in a Port tasting.
NeighbourhoodVila Nova de Gaia

Location

Address: Rua Azevedo Magalhaes 314, 4430-952 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, Douro Valley

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Croft (Quinta da Roeda) ★ 4.5

DOC Porto and DOC DouroTouriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta BarrocaFounded 1588The Fladgate PartnershipPinhao

One of the oldest Port houses, founded in 1588 and part of the Fladgate Partnership, Croft welcomes visitors at its Quinta da Roeda estate near Pinhao and created the original rose Port, Croft Pink.

Tasting: Vineyard tours, tastings and harvest treading at the Quinta da Roeda estate near Pinhao.

Signature wines: croft-vintage-port, croft-pink

Quinta do Noval ★ 4.8

DOC Porto and DOC DouroTouriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cao, Sousao145 haFounded 1715AXA MillesimesPinhao

A single-quinta house above Pinhao owned by AXA Millesimes, Quinta do Noval is famed for its tiny ungrafted Nacional vineyard, source of one of the world's rarest and most expensive Vintage Ports.

Tasting: Estate visits and tastings at the Pinhao quinta, including the celebrated Nacional vineyard.

Signature wines: quinta-do-noval-nacional, quinta-do-noval-vintage-port

Quinta do Crasto ★ 4.8

DOC Douro and DOC PortoTouriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cao, Viosinho74 haFounded 1615Roquette familySabrosa

A Roquette-family estate on the right bank between Regua and Pinhao, Quinta do Crasto is a leader of the Douro still-wine renaissance, famed for its old-vine field-blend reds.

Tasting: Tours, tastings, lunches and boat trips overlooking the river, by reservation.

Signature wines: quinta-do-crasto-vinha-maria-teresa, quinta-do-crasto-reserva-old-vines

Quinta do Vale Meao ★ 4.8

DOC Douro and DOC PortoTouriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cao62 haFounded 1877Olazabal family (Francisco Olazabal)Douro Superior

Founded in 1877 by Dona Antonia Ferreira and run by her descendant Francisco Olazabal, this Douro Superior estate makes one of Portugal's most sought-after reds plus the Meandro second wine.

Tasting: Estate visits by appointment at the Douro Superior quinta.

Signature wines: quinta-do-vale-meao-tinto, meandro-do-vale-meao

Quinta do Vallado ★ 4.6

DOC Douro and DOC PortoTouriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Sousao, RabigatoFounded 1716Ferreira and Cabral familiesPeso da Regua

One of the oldest quintas in the Douro, dating to 1716 and owned by descendants of Dona Antonia Ferreira, Vallado pairs a design wine hotel at Regua with old-vine reds and the Adelaide top cuvee.

Tasting: Wine hotel with tours, tastings and a winery visit beside the Corgo river at Regua.

Signature wines: quinta-do-vallado-adelaide, quinta-do-vallado-reserva

Quinta do Vesuvio ★ 4.7

DOC Porto and DOC DouroTouriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Amarela, Alicante Bouschet133 haFounded 1827Symington Family EstatesDouro Superior

A grand Douro Superior estate bought by the Symington family in 1989, Quinta do Vesuvio still treads its grapes by foot in granite lagares and makes a single-quinta Vintage Port every year it declares.

Tasting: Private full-day estate experience with foot-treading lagares, by reservation.

Signature wines: quinta-do-vesuvio-vintage-port

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