The Winery Calheiros Cruz of Douro of Duriense

Winery Calheiros Cruz - Branco
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 466 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Calheiros Cruz is one of the best wineries to follow in Douro.. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Calheiros Cruz wines

Looking for the best Winery Calheiros Cruz wines in Douro among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Calheiros Cruz wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Calheiros Cruz wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Calheiros Cruz

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Calheiros Cruz

How Winery Calheiros Cruz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of cuttlefish rust from my grandmother in sète, roasted bananas with cured ham or onigirazu.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Calheiros Cruz

On the nose the white wine of Winery Calheiros Cruz. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Calheiros Cruz. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Calheiros Cruz

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Calheiros Cruz.

  • Viosinho
  • Rabigato
  • Gouveio

Discovering the wine region of Douro

The wine region of Douro is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 1110 estates and châteaux in the of Douro, producing 4307 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Douro go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top red wines of Winery Calheiros Cruz

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Calheiros Cruz

How Winery Calheiros Cruz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of homemade italian lasagna, lasagna calabrese or chicken with merguez and tomatoes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Calheiros Cruz

On the nose the red wine of Winery Calheiros Cruz. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Calheiros Cruz. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Calheiros Cruz

  • 2008With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2000With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.71/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Calheiros Cruz.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Tinta Barroca

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

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.

News about Winery Calheiros Cruz and wines from the region

Azores to get own regional vine and wine institute

The creation of an Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho dos Açores (IVVA), with headquarters in the island of Pico, follows the remarkable qualitative growth that the Archipelago of the Azores’ wine industry has been experiencing over the past decade. ‘People are excited about growing fruit and making wine here. There are about 300 growers producing their own fruit and a lot of small “garage” producers are starting. Some of them have worked and trained with us and are now making very interesting wines, ...

Port producer proposes new classification for ‘young harvest’ releases

Albino Jorge Sousa, owner of Port estate Quinta da Boeira, said his proposal for a new classification called ‘Full Body-Young Harvest’ Ports would inject cashflow earlier for Port producers. Jorge Sousa urged the Port sector to ‘wake up’ to meet what he said was growing demand for younger Ports from wine buyers and importers over the past two years. His proposal comes amid wider efforts to help reinvigorate the Port category. This year, Portugal’s Port and Douro Wine Institute, the I ...

Dream job? Majestic to pay ‘vintern’ to drink wine on holiday

Wine lovers with a valid passport can apply for the Majestic ‘vintern’ scheme, launched this week and dubbed by the retailer as ‘the best summer job ever’. A three-day placement will include a visit to Quinta da Boavista vineyards in Portugal’s picturesque Douro region. Majestic said the vintern will also taste wines from its Wine Club’s Spain & Portugal Summer Case ‘in situ’, before trying the same wines back at home for comparison. It is offering £600 remuneration for three days, which it ...

The word of the wine: Harvesting and handling

In Champagne, a winegrower who makes his own vintages exclusively from grapes grown on his own property.

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