Winery Cálem - Velhotes Tawny Porto

Winery CálemVelhotes Tawny Porto

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The Velhotes Tawny 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.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

chocolate, dark chocolate

Wine with earth taste

honey

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

On the nose the Velhotes Tawny Porto of Winery Cálem in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earth or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit or oak.

Food and wine pairings with Velhotes Tawny Porto

Pairings that work perfectly with Velhotes Tawny Porto

Original food and wine pairings with Velhotes Tawny Porto

The Velhotes Tawny Porto of Winery Cálem matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of fleischnacka leaf or onion and comté pie.

Details and technical informations about Winery Cálem's Velhotes Tawny Porto.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
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

Velhotes Tawny Porto - 2017
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 411110
Velhotes Tawny Porto - 2016
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Velhotes Tawny Porto - 2015
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Velhotes Tawny Porto - 2014
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Velhotes Tawny Porto - 2013
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Velhotes Tawny Porto - 2011
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Velhotes Tawny Porto - 2008
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50

The best vintages of Velhotes Tawny Porto from Winery Cálem are 2011, 2017, 2015, 2014 and 2005.

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 4000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 400 of of Porto wines
In the top 1500 of natural sweet wines
In the top 80000 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.

News related to this wine

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The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the appellation Mâcon plus geographical denomination . The tectonics and the very different nature of the rocks that make up the subsoil of this region explain the great variety of soils found in this part fo Bourgogne. It also explains why each wine offers a different personnality. This vid ...

An overview of Mâcon plus a geographical denomination appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey of this vineyard where the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation are produced. A unique journey to discover this region where the Romanesque churches punctuate the landscape and are the witnesses of the link between the vines and Christiannity. Cluny is the gatekeeper. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vin ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Pierreclos

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Pierreclos, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

The word of the wine: Courgée

Name of the fruiting branch left after pruning and which is then arched along the trellis in the Jura (in the Mâconnais, it is called the tail).

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