Winery CálemTrium Douro Touriga Franca
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Taste structure of the Trium Douro Touriga Franca from the Winery Cálem
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Trium Douro Touriga Franca of Winery Cálem in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Trium Douro Touriga Franca
Pairings that work perfectly with Trium Douro Touriga Franca
Original food and wine pairings with Trium Douro Touriga Franca
The Trium Douro Touriga Franca of Winery Cálem matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of chicken, beef and lamb couscous (morocco), macaroni and cheese or fried vegetables with merguez and chipo.
Details and technical informations about Winery Cálem's Trium Douro Touriga Franca.
Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca
Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Trium Douro Touriga Franca from Winery Cálem are 2014, 2011, 0, 2013 and 2012.
Informations about the Winery Cálem
The Winery Cálem is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 46 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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 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: Broker
In the past, he was a sort of fraud control agent who had to watch over the quality of merchant wines (he could carry a sword!). His function has evolved towards expertise (it was the brokers who established the famous 1855 classification in Bordeaux) and today he puts the producer in contact with the merchant.
