The Winery Calamares of Minho

Winery Calamares
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Enoport United Wines.
It is ranked in the top 463 of the estates of Minho.
It is located in Minho

The Winery Calamares is one of the best wineries to follow in Minho.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Minho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Calamares wines

Looking for the best Winery Calamares wines in Minho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Calamares 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 Calamares wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Calamares

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Calamares

How Winery Calamares wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of baked marrow bones, simple chinese noodle soup or chicken breast with curry and mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Calamares

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Calamares. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Calamares

  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.18/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.06/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.00/5

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

  • Castelao
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Tinta Miuda
  • Camarate

Discovering the wine region of Minho

Minho is Portugal's Northernmost wine region. It is known for one wine style above all others: crisp, light, white Vinho Verde, whose DOC zone covers the same territory. The Minho name is used for the area's Vinho Regional designation (similar to the French IGP). The latter's looser production laws allow more diversity in the average winery's portfolio, including red and rosé wines.

Minho VR was formerly known Rios do Minho before the Vinho Regional category was updated in 2008 to fall in line with the EU-wide PGI/IGP/IGT category. The region is located on the Portugal's Atlantic coast to the north and east of Porto, Portugal's second-largest city and the home of Port. It occupies a roughly rectangular area about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from north to South, which reaches about 50km (30 miles) inland. There are around 60,000 hectares of vines planted in Minho.

Many of these are dedicated to Vinho Verde, the country's largest DOC. Minho Grape Varieties A number of varieties are also found in Spains Rias Baixas region, which Lies immediately to the north. The key grape varieties to be found in white Minho wines include the natives Alvarinho, Avesso, Loureiro, Pederna (Arinto) and Trajadura. Chardonnay and Riesling are the most common international white varieties.

The top pink wines of Winery Calamares

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Calamares

How Winery Calamares wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Calamares

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 1995With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 1980With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Calamares.

  • Castelao
  • Trincadeira das Pratas

Discover the grape variety: Auxerrois

Auxerrois is a white grape variety native to Lorraine, which is also found in Alsace and in the Loire Valley, where it took off in 1950. Its name comes from the nurseries in Auxerre where it found refuge during the Second World War. Often called Pinot Auxerrois, it is part of the Moselle, Alsace and Côtes-de-Toul AOC grape varieties. Auxerrois should not be confused with côt or malbec, which are red grape varieties from the Cahors region and which may bear the same name. The bunches of Auxerrois are of medium size with small berries. It is a semi-late grape variety whose buds only come out when temperatures are well above 10°C. Auxerrois wines are characterized by finesse and acidity and subtle aromas of exotic fruits, fruits and white flowers. In France, it represents 1,600 hectares of production and some small parcels of Auxerrois are also present in Luxembourg, Germany, Canada and South Africa (2,300 hectares in total).

The top white wines of Winery Calamares

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Calamares

How Winery Calamares wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of lamb with okra sauce, cream and tuna quiche or cream of asparagus soup in verrines.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Calamares

On the nose the white wine of Winery Calamares. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Calamares. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Calamares

  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Loureiro
  • Trajadura
  • Arinto de Bucelas

The word of the wine: Faded

Said of a wine that has lost its brilliance and depth. It can also be used to describe the nose of an old wine that has lost its aromatic freshness.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Calamares

Planning a wine route in the of Minho? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Calamares.

Discover the grape variety: Loureiro

Most certainly Portuguese. Loureiro is part of the grape varieties of many Spanish and Portuguese appellations, including the famous Vinho Verde. It would be a close relative of the albarino and the sousão.

News about Winery Calamares and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Faded

Said of a wine that has lost its brilliance and depth. It can also be used to describe the nose of an old wine that has lost its aromatic freshness.

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