Winery CálemPorto Tawny Colheita
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Tinto cão, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, beef or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Porto Tawny Colheita of Winery Cálem in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of plum, leather or chocolate.
Food and wine pairings with Porto Tawny Colheita
Pairings that work perfectly with Porto Tawny Colheita
Original food and wine pairings with Porto Tawny Colheita
The Porto Tawny Colheita of Winery Cálem matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of thai beef skewers, barbecued mackerel papillotes or spaghetti with clams.
Details and technical informations about Winery Cálem's Porto Tawny Colheita.
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
The best vintages of Porto Tawny Colheita from Winery Cálem are 1996, 1961, 1983, 2007 and 1998.
Informations about the Winery Cálem
The Winery Cálem is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 46 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Great wine
In the Bordeaux vineyards, the grand vin is the main wine of the château, although a "second wine" is usually produced. It is a wine of lesser ageing made from the youngest vines.
