The word you’re likely to hear most often while visiting the Douro wine region is schist. There’s a lot of what the Portuguese call schist in the Douro (though in English we’d call most of it slate), and the product of this rocky terroir is undeniably fantastic. There are a couple of special places in the Douro, however, where the geology under the vines is something entirely different. And one part of the Quinta do Vale Meão is one of those places. On the northern part of the estate, close to the river, a huge bed of fine red sand underlies the vineyard and stands in stark contrast to the grey and green hills that surround it.
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