Winery Alves de SousaCaldas Special Reserve Tawny Porto

Natural sweet wine of Porto of Duriense of Portugal

3.8

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Caldas Special Reserve Tawny Porto of Winery Alves de Sousa is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Tinto cão and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Food and wine pairings with Caldas Special Reserve Tawny Porto

Pairings that work perfectly with Caldas Special Reserve Tawny Porto

Beef

Mature and hard cheese

Original food and wine pairings with Caldas Special Reserve Tawny Porto

The Caldas Special Reserve Tawny Porto of Winery Alves de Sousa matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of venison stew with red wine or cod and zucchini crumble.

Details and technical informations about Winery Alves de Sousa's Caldas Special Reserve Tawny Porto.

Winery

Winery Alves de Sousa

Grape varieties

Tinta Barroca , Tinto cão , Touriga nacional

Region/Great wine region

Great wine region

Country

Style of wine

Alcohol

19.5°

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca

Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.

Last vintages of this wine

Caldas Special Reserve Tawny Porto - 2008

In the top 100 of of Porto wines

Average rating: 3.8

The best vintages of Caldas Special Reserve Tawny Porto from Winery Alves de Sousa are 2008

Informations about the Winery Alves de Sousa

The winery offers 66 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.

It is in the top 20 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.

In the top 3500 of of Portugal wines

In the top 1500 of of Porto wines

In the top 1000 of natural sweet wines

In the top 70000 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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