Winery Cálem - Special Reserve Porto

Winery CálemSpecial Reserve Porto

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Special Reserve Porto of Winery Cálem is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Tinto cão, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or sweet desserts.

Taste structure of the Special Reserve Porto from the Winery Cálem

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Special Reserve Porto of Winery Cálem in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

caramel, oak

Wine with earth taste

honey, leather

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

Wine with spices taste

cinnamon

On the nose the Special Reserve Porto of Winery Cálem in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, honey or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or tree fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Cálem's Special Reserve Porto.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
20°
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

Special Reserve Porto - 2014
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 411110
Special Reserve Porto - 2012
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 411110
Special Reserve Porto - 2008
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Special Reserve Porto - 2003
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Special Reserve Porto - 1959
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Special Reserve Porto from Winery Cálem are 1959, 2014, 2012, 2008 and 2003.

Informations about the Winery Cálem

The winery offers 57 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This winery is part of the Sogevinus.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery Cálem is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 46 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 2500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 250 of of Porto wines
In the top 800 of natural sweet wines
In the top 50000 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: Extra-dry

Champagne with between 12 and 20 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).

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