It is really too early to ask if 2024 will be a year for Vintage Port, as we learned on our Douro Valley tour recently. Although the winemakers may know deep down. Kay Bouchard at Quinta do Tedo said that their winemaker is, so far, cautious and does not want to comment. At Symington’s Quinta do Bomfim in Pinhão, in the heart of the Douro Valley, quality is believed to be of vintage calibre.
The season offered a good amount of rain until August, which was very dry and with high temperatures, up to 47 degrees C. At Quinta do Tedo, the vines “shut down” and ripening stopped. “For a while we feared we wouldn’t get enough sugar in the grapes,” Kay said. But in the end, everything went well.
The Alves de Sousa family at Quinta da Gaivosa experienced their longest harvest period ever, starting on August 27 and ending on October 20. The volume is less than normal but of very good quality.
Travel: Come on a wine tour to the Douro Valley in Portugal with BKWine.
