Winery CálemVelhotes White Porto
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Velhotes White Porto of Winery Cálem in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of apricot, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Cálem's Velhotes White Porto.
Discover the grape variety: Magdeleine noire des Charentes
Light, fruity reds for early drinking with a clear ruby robe, silky tannins, airy palate and signature aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry) and subtle floral notes. Rare heritage variety. Near-extinct, surviving in a few plots in Charentes and Brittany, preserved in varietal collections for its scientific importance as confirmed ancestor of Merlot and Malbec (genetic studies, 2009).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Velhotes White Porto from Winery Cálem are 2005, 1959, 2008, 1859 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Cálem
The Winery Cálem is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 47 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Porto
One of the world's oldest fortified wines: fortified with grape spirit during fermentation, keeping its residual sugars. Opulent style, long on the palate, notes of candied black fruits, cocoa, fig, walnut, coffee and spices. Four styles: young fruity Ruby (cherry, blackberry), Tawny aged oxidatively in cask (caramel, hazelnut, bitter orange), age-worthy LBV and Vintage, White as aperitif. Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz.
The wine region of Duriense
Portuguese IGP covering the Douro and Porto area (northeast), schist soils on vertiginous terraced slopes, dry continental climate, flexible status outside DOC. Touriga Nacional signature as red king (300+ authorised varieties): intense and floral with blackberry, black cherry, violet, garrigue, liquorice and mineral schist hint, firm tannins — noble Douro emblem. Supple Touriga Franca and spicy Tinta Roriz as complement. Fresh mineral whites and creative modern sparkling.
The word of the wine: Tranquil (wine)
Refers to a non-sparkling wine.
