Winery - Sogrape
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
One of a range of wines from different regions, but all called Callabriga. This wine comes from Sogrape’s Quinta da Leda in the Douro. It is a big, burly wine, packed with solid, dense and ripe fruit. Black plums and figs and a sweet core of dark tannins emerge from a structure that is still young. Age for 3–4 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Even after five years, this wine still shows its primary fruit—black plums, sweet but structured. Callabriga, a Tinta Roriz based wine, goes light on the acidity, but the tannins and the hints of vanilla balance well with the blackberry jam fruits.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This has long been the best-known wine from the Dão. Good, simple ripe fruit and spicy, toasty wood flavors make it an easy wine. Finishes with soft tannins and plenty of attractive red-berry fruit. —R.V.
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Sogrape Red Blend - 1999
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
With two years of barrel and bottle aging, this wine is maturing attractively. The tannins remain firm, but the taste is broad, rich, a fine combination of solid black plums and wood spice, with a tight edge of acidity. Big, with bold brush strokes of flavor, but worth aging another two years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From vineyards in the Douro Superior, this is a rich wine, shot through with dark, tarry tannins, big black fruit flavors, spiced by American and French wood aging. The texture is deliciously rich and mellifluous.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Big, dense and powerful, this is full of wild herbs, exotic black fruit and dark tannins. It is seriously concentrated without being too heavy, the Douro acidity seeing to that. Age for 5–6 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A blend of Castelão, Aragonês, Trincadeira and Alfrocheiro grapes. Ripe red fruit on the nose; dense tannins, firm acidity, and big fruit in the mouth. Best Buy. —R.V.
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Sogrape Red Blend - 2000
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A rich, robust blend of Aragonês and Alicante Bouschet, this wine offers red fruits, spice and vanilla from wood aging. It is certainly rich, but there is elegance here as well; the exuberant fruit is tempered by acidity and some intensely firm tannins. Age for 4–5 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The extreme juiciness of Alicante Bouschet dominates this wine. It gives a bright, ripe flavor of red plums and berries, sweet and very accessible. The tannins offer a structure, but the fruitiness of the wine is right to the front.
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