Vadio Wines Unipessoal Lda

Vadio, Tinto, Bairrada, 2018

Name: Vadio, Tinto, Bairrada
Brand: Vadio Wines Unipessoal Lda
Price: 210.28 GBP

90/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Available Vintages

all 2012 2015 2018 2019

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2018
75cl
DP
£17.51
2018
12x75cl
DP
£210.28

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Raspberry-scented with a touch of wild herb and smoky minerality on the nose, the Vadio red has a peppery, red cherry and floral note that skips along and draws comparison with something of the Alpine. Superbly fresh and cleansing with a light, attractive fruit profile – this is Baga at its most elegant and refined. Produced from 100% Baga planted to limestone and clay, it is fermented and aged in a variety of formats for two years before a further year in bottle before release.

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Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of upmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

90/100

Mark Squires,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2018 Tinto is a Baga aged for 24 months in a mixture of used French (80%) and American barriques. It comes in at 12.8% alcohol. If you want to see the difference between a youngster and something with a little age, the contrast between this and the 2012 anniversary release in this report is a good one. The 2012 has certainly acquired more complexity, but this shows off more vigor, the acidity slicing through the fruit, segmenting it into layers. That doesn't mean it is harsh, though. In fact, it is polished and refined, even a little understated. It should age well and continue developing. They are both a lot of fun in their own ways, both emphasizing freshness.

drinking window 2022 - 2033

date of review 07/2022

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Specifications

Country:

Portugal

Region:

Bairrada

Appellation:

Bairrada

Producer:

Vadio Wines Unipessoal Lda

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Baga

abv:

13%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.