Winery Alves de Sousa - Caldas Porto Branco

Winery Alves de SousaCaldas Porto Branco

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Caldas Porto Branco of Winery Alves de Sousa is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or sweet desserts.

Taste structure of the Caldas Porto Branco from the Winery Alves de Sousa

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Caldas Porto Branco of Winery Alves de Sousa in the region of Duriense is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Caldas Porto Branco of Winery Alves de Sousa in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Alves de Sousa's Caldas Porto Branco.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
20°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cornalin d'Aoste

It is a variety of Valle d'Aosta origin and, like Arvine, it is also found in Italy. In the past, it was cultivated in Savoy and registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list B, under the name of red humagne, but it is not related to white humagne. According to recent genetic analyses, the Swiss variety Cornalin du Valais is its father and Rèze its grandmother. It is also the grandson of the petit rouge d' Aoste.

Last vintages of this wine

Caldas Porto Branco - 2008
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Caldas Porto Branco from Winery Alves de Sousa are 2008

Informations about the Winery Alves de Sousa

The winery offers 70 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 35 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery Alves de Sousa is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 64 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 7500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 2500 of of Porto wines
In the top 2000 of natural sweet wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

The wine region of Porto

The wine region of Porto is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 312 estates and châteaux in the of Porto, producing 2132 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Porto go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Duriense

Duriense is a Portuguese wine region covering the same area as the Douro DOC and the Port wine region. In difference from Douro DOC, Duriense VR is a designation at the lower Vinho Regional (VR) level, which corresponds to table wines with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations, similar to a French vin de pays region. Thus, it is the simpler or less typical wines of the Douro region that are sold using a Duriense VR label. Before the creation of a separate Duriense VR, the Douro vineyards were Part of the former Transmontano/tras-os-montes">Trás-os-Montes VR, which is now called Transmontano VR and no longer includes the Douro vineyards.

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The word of the wine: Severe

Said of a red wine that is generally young, very marked by tannins and astringent. See austere.

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