Douro / Port / Dao Flashcards
Who pioneered vintage garrafeira Port style?
Neipoort.
They have their own style;
(few yrs in barrel / then min 8yrs in glass
What are the sub zones of the Douro? W to E
Baixo Corgo
Cima Corgo
Douro Superior
What is the source for Ramos Pinto’s 20yr Tawny?
Quinta do Bom Retiro (Cima Corgo)
What Estate does Roederer own in the Douro?
Ramos Pinto
What sub zone of the Douro has the highest concentration of Single Quinta Port houses?
Cima Corgo
What was the first Single Quinta bottling released and by who?
Quinta de Vargellas
(Taylor Fladgate)
1958
(location -(Douro Superior)
What year was Vargellas Vinha Velha released?
1995
Taylor Fladgate
Name a Single Quinta Port produced from ingrafted vines.
Quinta do Noval “Nacional”
In - Cima Corgo
What are the authorized WHITE grapes allowed for the production of Port?
WHITE: (Encruzado, Bical, and Cercial) Arinto (Pedernã) Cercial Donzelinho-Branco Folgazão Gouveio Malvasia Fina / Moscatel Galego Branco / Rabigato Samarrinho / Semillon / Sercial (Esgana Cão) Síria (Roupeiro) / Verdelho / Viosinho / Vital
What are the authorized RED grapes allowed for the production of Port?
RED: Aragonez (Tinta Roriz) Bastardo Castelão Cornifesto Donzelinho Tinto / Malvasia Preta / Marufo / Rufete Tinta Barroca / Tinta Francisca / Tinto Cão Touriga Franca, / Touriga Nacional / Trincadeira (Tinta Amarela)
What is the min ABV for Porto Branco Leve Seco?
16.5%
18-20% for all others
What are the mountain ranges of the Douro?
Marão Mountains
Montemuro Mountains
(mostly granite)
(but Schist in the vineyards)
Name a 3 white grapes allowed in the productions of Port.
Malvasia Fina
Viosinho
Rabigato
Gouveio
Specifically, which grape is used for the production the Muscatel do Douro wines?
Moscatel Galego
min ABV 16.5% / AGE: 18M
Historically, where was all Port aged?
Villa Nova de Gaia.
What house was the first to produce table wines in the Douro?
Ferreira.
1952
Barca Velha
(most fruit came from Quinta do Vale Meão Estate)
What area the min RS levels for Port:
Extra-Seco: 17.5 - 40 g/l Seco: 40 - 65 g/l Meio Seco: 65 - 85 g/l Doce: 85 - 130 g/l Muito Doce : + 130 g/l
What are the ageing requirements for Port?
Vintage: btled by July 30 of 3rd yr after harvest.
(Wines may be sold from May 1 of the 2nd yr after harvest)
(LBV): min 4yrs and btled before Dec 31 of 6th yr.
(**additionally aged for 3yrs in btl “Envelhicido em garrafa”
Colheita: (Tawny) min 7yrs
10/20/30/+40 Years Old:
“Velho” 10-30yrs
“Muito Velho” 40+yrs
Crusted: indicated matured and left sediment in btl
Reserva: for “Ruby”-implies greater quality
“Tawny”-min 7yrs
What does “Envelhicido em garrafa” indicate and on what bottle of wine would you find it?
LBV wines that area aged an additional 3yrs in btl.
means “bottle matured”
An LBV Port that is has additional ageing in bottle may label it as?
“Envelhicido em garrafa”
What is the yield for red wines of Port?
Branco: 65 hl/ha
Tinto: 55 hl/ha
What DOP sits within the Beiro Atlantico?
Barraida DOP
(min 50% BAGA plus
Alfrocheiro, Camarate, Castelão, Jaen, and Touriga Nacional
What area the authorized varietals for “Classico” Barraida?
Baga / Alfrocheiro / Camarate /
Castelão / Jaen / Touriga Nacional
What area the authorized white grapes of Barraida?
Arinto (Pedernã) / Bical / Cercial
Chardonnay / Fernão Pires (Maria Gomes)
Pinot Blanc / Rabo de Ovelha
Sauvignon / Sercealinho / Verdelho
Where is the centre of sparkling wine production in Portugal and what IGP does it sit within?
Tavora-Verosa DOP
sits within Terras de Cister IGP
What grape must represent 30% of new plantings in the Tavora-Varosa DOP?
Malvasia Fina
for sparkling wines
What area the mountain ranges of the Dao?
- Serra da Estrela (highest)
- Serra do Caramulo
- Serra da Nave.
What are the recommended white grapes for Port production?
Encruzado
Bical
Cercial
What are the recommended red grapes for Port productions?
Touriga Nacional / Jaen / Touriga Franca
Alfrocheiro / Aragonez / Bastardo
Rufete / Trincadeira / Tinta Cão
Cabernet Sauvignon may be used for the production of Port up to what %?
40%
same as Semillon
What are the requirements for a red wine labeled ‘Nobre” from the Dao?
R - min 15% Touriga Nacional / max 85% of Jaen, Rufete, Alfrocheiro, and Aragonez.
- min 3yrs age
- min ABV 12%
- *Nobre Reserva reds are aged for 42 m
- *Nobre Garrafeira wines require 48 m (inc 18M btl)
(W-min 15% Encruzado /max 85% of Cercial, Bical, Malvasia Fina, and Verdelho.)
- 1yr aging
- min ABV 11.5%
What is the min ABV for a Bairrada Clássico red?
12.5%
When did Port gain its appellation?
Port (1756)
What is the lei do terço ?
“Law of the third”
(set my the IVDP-governing body over Port)
(restricts the sale of 1-3rd of a Port houses total inventory in 1 year)
(also the labeling, taste analysis for authenticity, age designations)
What does the IVDP stand for?
Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto
Douro Port Wine Institute
What does the beneficio authorization refer to and who enforces it?
maximum amount of wine that may be fortified in a given year—based on a matrix of twelve factors.
(IVDP)
How does the Beneficio authorization work?
- Wineries are graded on 12 factors.
- each factor has a min/max point scale
- total points are 2361
- fall within a range - graded “A” through “F”
What area the major factors of the Benecefico Authorization?
- soil / climactic factors
- Vine factors
- Grapes
- Max yield R-55hl/ha W-65
What area Patamares?
wide terraces you can use a tractor on for harvest in Portugal.
What does Aguardente translate to and what is its ABV?
“Burning Water”
77%
