Douro / Port / Dao

Question 1

Who pioneered vintage garrafeira Port style?

Answer 1

Neipoort.
They have their own style;
(few yrs in barrel / then min 8yrs in glass

Question 2

What are the sub zones of the Douro? W to E

Answer 2

Baixo Corgo
Cima Corgo
Douro Superior

Question 3

What is the source for Ramos Pinto’s 20yr Tawny?

Answer 3

Quinta do Bom Retiro (Cima Corgo)

Question 4

What Estate does Roederer own in the Douro?

Answer 4

Ramos Pinto

Question 5

What sub zone of the Douro has the highest concentration of Single Quinta Port houses?

Answer 5

Cima Corgo

Question 6

What was the first Single Quinta bottling released and by who?

Answer 6

Quinta de Vargellas
(Taylor Fladgate)
1958
(location -(Douro Superior)

Question 7

What year was Vargellas Vinha Velha released?

Answer 7

1995

Taylor Fladgate

Question 8

Name a Single Quinta Port produced from ingrafted vines.

Answer 8

Quinta do Noval “Nacional”

In - Cima Corgo

Question 9

What are the authorized WHITE grapes allowed for the production of Port?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What are the authorized RED grapes allowed for the production of Port?

Answer 10

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)

Question 11

What is the min ABV for Porto Branco Leve Seco?

Answer 11

16.5%

18-20% for all others

Question 12

What are the mountain ranges of the Douro?

Answer 12

Marão Mountains
Montemuro Mountains

(mostly granite)
(but Schist in the vineyards)

Question 13

Name a 3 white grapes allowed in the productions of Port.

Answer 13

Malvasia Fina
Viosinho
Rabigato
Gouveio

Question 14

Specifically, which grape is used for the production the Muscatel do Douro wines?

Answer 14

Moscatel Galego

min ABV 16.5% / AGE: 18M

Question 15

Historically, where was all Port aged?

Answer 15

Villa Nova de Gaia.

Question 16

What house was the first to produce table wines in the Douro?

Answer 16

Ferreira.
1952
Barca Velha
(most fruit came from Quinta do Vale Meão Estate)

Question 17

What area the min RS levels for Port:

Answer 17

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

Question 18

What are the ageing requirements for Port?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

What does “Envelhicido em garrafa” indicate and on what bottle of wine would you find it?

Answer 19

LBV wines that area aged an additional 3yrs in btl.

means “bottle matured”

Question 20

An LBV Port that is has additional ageing in bottle may label it as?

Answer 20

“Envelhicido em garrafa”

Question 21

What is the yield for red wines of Port?

Answer 21

Branco: 65 hl/ha
Tinto: 55 hl/ha

Question 22

What DOP sits within the Beiro Atlantico?

Answer 22

Barraida DOP
(min 50% BAGA plus
Alfrocheiro, Camarate, Castelão, Jaen, and Touriga Nacional

Question 23

What area the authorized varietals for “Classico” Barraida?

Answer 23

Baga / Alfrocheiro / Camarate /

Castelão / Jaen / Touriga Nacional

Question 24

What area the authorized white grapes of Barraida?

Answer 24

Arinto (Pedernã) / Bical / Cercial
Chardonnay / Fernão Pires (Maria Gomes)
Pinot Blanc / Rabo de Ovelha
Sauvignon / Sercealinho / Verdelho

Question 25

Where is the centre of sparkling wine production in Portugal and what IGP does it sit within?

Answer 25

Tavora-Verosa DOP

sits within Terras de Cister IGP

Question 26

What grape must represent 30% of new plantings in the Tavora-Varosa DOP?

Answer 26

Malvasia Fina

for sparkling wines

Question 27

What area the mountain ranges of the Dao?

Answer 27

• Serra da Estrela (highest)
• Serra do Caramulo
• Serra da Nave.

Question 28

What are the recommended white grapes for Port production?

Answer 28

Encruzado
Bical
Cercial

Question 29

What are the recommended red grapes for Port productions?

Answer 29

Touriga Nacional / Jaen / Touriga Franca
Alfrocheiro / Aragonez / Bastardo
Rufete / Trincadeira / Tinta Cão

Question 30

Cabernet Sauvignon may be used for the production of Port up to what %?

Answer 30

40%

same as Semillon

Question 31

What are the requirements for a red wine labeled ‘Nobre” from the Dao?

Answer 31

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%

Question 32

What is the min ABV for a Bairrada Clássico red?

Answer 32

12.5%

Question 33

When did Port gain its appellation?

Answer 33

Port (1756)

Question 34

What is the lei do terço ?

Answer 34

“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)

Question 35

What does the IVDP stand for?

Answer 35

Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto

Douro Port Wine Institute

Question 36

What does the beneficio authorization refer to and who enforces it?

Answer 36

maximum amount of wine that may be fortified in a given year—based on a matrix of twelve factors.
(IVDP)

Question 37

How does the Beneficio authorization work?

Answer 37

• 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”

Question 38

What area the major factors of the Benecefico Authorization?

Answer 38

1. soil / climactic factors
2. Vine factors
3. Grapes
4. Max yield R-55hl/ha W-65

Question 39

What area Patamares?

Answer 39

wide terraces you can use a tractor on for harvest in Portugal.

Question 40

What does Aguardente translate to and what is its ABV?

Answer 40

“Burning Water”

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