Quinta do Sagrado
Quinta do Sagrado
| Owner | Cálem family |
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In 1988 Cálem started to make a Single Quinta Vintage Port from Sagrado. Sogevinus bought the port wine house A. A. Cálem & Filho, Lda in 2003, the Cálem family retained the vineyards e.g. Quinta da Foz and Quinta do Sagrado. In 2011 Quinta da Foz was sold to Isabel dos Santos, eldest daughter of Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos, but the Cálem family retained Quinta do Sagrado.
Nowadays, Quinta do Sagrado constitutes the main vineyard in the PV partnership. PV was born in 2004 with 3 partners: José Maria Cálem, Jorge Serôdio Borges and Cristiano van Zeller. Since the beginning it benefited from the overall experience of the three, which gather over fifteen generations linked to the Douro and to Wines. The main objective was to create a top DOC Red Wine from the Douro. Since 2008 PV produces port wine and since 2011 also Vintage Port.
| Quinta do Sagrado Vintages: | 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2011, 2017 |
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Vintage Port Vintage Port tasting notes:
| House | Quinta do Sagrado Calem | Vintage | 1988 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Pharmacy, old hospital with ether but also some dark berry and dried fruit in the nose. | Score range | 15.50 - 15.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Not balanced with some volatile acidity with some pharmacy in taste but quite drinkable but not quite enjoyable. Better in taste than in nose. The finish is acceptable. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 15th September 2016 | Point this date | 15.50 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% Semi-Great Tasting in Malmö. This bottle is defect. Tasting notes and point from a tasting in January 2014. In 2016 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta do Sagrado Calem | Vintage | 1990 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Alcoholic and unbalance bouquet. Defect bottle. | Score range | 12.50 - 12.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Unbalanced and acidic port but drinkable. What has gone wrong? | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 7th April 2012 | Point this date | 12.50 |
| Comment | At home with the family Defect bottle. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta do Sagrado Calem | Vintage | 1994 |
| Colour | Still quite dark ruby but yellow and mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 4 |
| Bouquet | Toffee but also some cacao, dark chocolate tobacco and salt liquorice in the nose. Quite generous bouquet | Score range | 16.25 - 16.75 |
| Taste | Lovely body. Mature and probably peaking. Very easy to drink and enjoy. Dark chocolate, cacao, salt liquorice and some tobacco in taste. Balanced and very complex with a quite long, lovely and quite excellent finish. | Average score | 16.50 |
| Last tasted | 12th March 2024 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | Tasted at home in 17th International Online Vintage Tasting with our German Port Friends from World of Port. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta do Sagrado Calem | Vintage | 1997 |
| Colour | Dark but yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 7 |
| Bouquet | Crème caramel, toffee, fudge, cinnamon, crème candy and butterscotch in the nose. | Score range | 15.40 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature, quite sweet and almost peaking. Toffee, fudge butterscotch and candy in flavour. Balanced, quite elegant and very easy to drink and like with a rather long and quite attractive acidity in the finish. | Average score | 15.81 |
| Last tasted | 21st May 2021 | Point this date | 16.00 |
| Comment | Tasted at home in Third International Online Vintage Tasting with our German Port Friends from World of Port. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |