Quinta das Bandeiras Passagem Grande Reserva Tinto 2017

Quinta das Bandeiras Passagem Grande Reserva Tinto 2017 is a premium wine with a dense, structured and complex profile, made in the prestigious Douro Superior. It's born of a partnership between the emblematic Quinta de La Rosa and renowned winemaker Jorge Moreira.

The Wine Advocate
RP 91

Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez

The 2017 Passagem Grande Reserva comes from a different era of winemaking, and that's clear when you put your nose in the glass and notice the sweet spice from the abundant oak used for ageing — 20 months in French barrels — which tends to mark the wine's profile lastingly, except in very exceptional cases. On the palate it also shows abundant tannins, possibly too many for the fruit, which may or may not fully integrate with more time in bottle. 2,600 bottles were filled in September 2019.
Quinta de la Rosa belongs to the Bergqvist family, with 62 hectares in the heart of Pinhão, where they mainly produce reds and Port, but in recent years they have developed a broader portfolio of whites. In 2019 they replanted 2.3 hectares in the Cerejinha vineyard with Alvarinho, Arinto and Gouveio, and started producing new wines from these grapes. They also bought an adjacent property in 2019, Quinta de Vedeal, with 10 hectares of red grapes. The wines are under the direction of Jorge Moreira, of Poeira, with production of roughly 45,000 litres of white, 200,000 litres of red and 80,000 litres of Port.
I've also included the Passagem wines from the Douro Superior, from Quinta das Bandeiras, which they also call Quinta de Passagem.
Published: 17 April 2025