Douro Red Wine Between The Top 10 Wines of 2008 for Wine Spectator
The top 10 wines in 2008 from the magazine Wine Spectator brought an excellent result for the Portuguese wines. The red Quinta do Crasto Reserva Old Vines 2005 ranks in #3 with 95 points from the magazine.
This is definitively an extraordinary prize for this dedicated family. But are also amazing news for the Portuguese wines, and mainly for the Douro wines, which year after year are more and more known and recognized by the world wine experts.
From Quevedo we would like to congratulate the winemaking team, which includes Manuel Lobo, Dominic Morris and Tomás Roquette and say thank you to put the name of Portugal in so recognized list!
Oscar Quevedo
Top 10 Wines:
1. Casa Lapostolle, Clos Apalta Colchagua Valley 2005, 96 points, Chile
2. Château Rauzan-Ségla, Margaux 2005, 97 points, France
3. Quinta do Crasto, Douro Reserva Old Vines 2005, 95 points, Portugal
4. Château Guiraud, Sauternes 2005, 97 points, France
5. Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe, Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau 2005, 95 points, France
6. Pio Cesare, Barolo 2004, 94 points, Italy
7. Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac 2005, 96 points, France
8. Château de Beaucastel, Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2005, 96 points, France
9. Mollydooker Shiraz McLaren Vale Carnival of Love 2007, 95 points, Australia
10. Seghesio, Zinfandel Sonoma County 2007, 93 points, California
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Quevedo was founded in 1991 as a family owned business in the heart of the Douro valley, responding to the needs of the generations that preceded the associate founders. These ancestors were passionately dedicated to their vineyards and to the culture that surrounded the production of wine. Consequently, the company was created as a seamless marriage between the initial phase of production and the promotion and selling of their wines. Currently, the estate is comprised of 100 hectares located in the regions of Cima-Corgo and Douro Superior, producing both red and port wines from only the five traditional port grapes Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão and Tinta Barroca. 
And Douro red table wines deserve it. My own favorites are John Graham’s Churchill Estate and his wine especially for the Dutch market, Meio Queijo. But I don’t know Quevedo’s wines, of course