An intense ruby color. Notes of red and black fruit, and hints of cocoa and chocolate courtesy of a warm year. There are further spicy notes and a well-integrated wood element that bestows added complexity. On the palate, it has good volume, powerful and firm tannins, a well-integrated acidity, further notes of red fruit and a very well-balanced finish.
Callabriga is a Douro red in the modern style, intense and elegant, versatile and vibrant. It is one of the most innovative wines made by Casa Ferreirinha. Casa Ferreirinha has been making top-quality unfortified wine in the Douro longer than anyone else.
Vinified at the wineries of Quinta do Seixo, in Cima Corgo, and Quinta da Leda, in the Douro Superior with grapes sourced from these two sub- regions. After soft-crushing and destemming, the grapes are transferred to stainless steel tanks, where alcoholic fermentation occurs for an average of 8 days. During this phase, soft maceration at controlled temperatures takes place for delicate extraction of color and aromas.
42% Touriga Franca, 30% Touriga Nacional, 22% Tinta Roriz, 6% Tinta Barroca.
Since 1751, the Ferreira name has been synonymous with high-quality Portuguese wines. The first Portuguese owned Port house, its history is intertwined with the the evolution of the Douro Region and its wines.
The story of Ferreira is inextricably associated with one extraordinary woman. Daughter of one of the company’s founders, Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira was born in the country town of Régua, gateway to the wines of the Douro Valley, in 1811. Though small in stature and reserved by nature, Dona Antónia was charismatic, visionary and entrepreneurial. She created new expanses of terraced vineyards and improved the hard lives of local farming families. The local people’s affectionatley called her ‘A Ferreirinha’ – ‘the little Ferreira’. When ‘The Ferreirinha’ died in 1896, she left behind a portfolio of great Douro estates and an immensely successful business.
James Suckling Review:
A delicious and crunchy wine with plum, blackberry, and cherry character, and a medium finish. Clean and straightforward. Drink now.
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