Duriense IGP Flashcards
White varieties of Port
Arinto (Pedernã), Cercial, Donzelinho-Branco, Folgazão, Gouveio (Godello), Malvasia Fina, Moscatel Galego Branco, Rabigato, Samarrinho, Semillon, Sercial (Esgana Cão), Síria (Roupeiro), Verdelho, Viosinho, Vital
Red varietals of Port
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 Garrafeira (Port production)?
Single vintage, 4-8 years in wood, 15 additional years in demijohn oxidative and reductive qualities.
Niepoort pioneered style
What is a shipping vessel for Port called?
Pipe: 550L or 532.34 L
Oldest exporter of Port
Kopke
Main soil type of Duoro
Schist, yellow mostly
Very steep terroir, hand harvested
Where is the majority of Port aged?
In the huddles of ships lodged in Vila Nova de Gaia
What does Muito Doce mean on a bottle of port?
130 g/L RS
Very Sweet!
Who made the first Port Rosé?
Croft, 2008
Mountains of Porto
Granite Marao and Montemuro
Three subzones of Duoro (Duriense)
Baixo Corgo (highest density of plantings)
Cima Corgo (highest total vineyard acreage)
Duoro superior (largest, most arid, most sparsely planted region in Duoro) *Also called Upper Duoro
What is a tappit?
2.5 L bottle for port
What year did Porto join EU standards
2009
Who pioneered Garrafeira port?
Neipoort
Declared port vintages
66, 67, 85, 92 94, 95, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2011,17* great vintage 18, 19
When did Englishmen discover Port at Lamego, a mountain town in Duoro?
1678
What are patamares?
A restructuring of vineyards to make them wider for mechanical harvesting in the 70s, like a wider terrace
What is a rabelo?
A traditional port shipping boat
What year was the Duoro demarcated as a wine region?
1756
(Entered EU in 1986)
Tributaries of Douro that run North to South
Listed from East to West
Corgo (Runs to main Port town of Peso da Regua)
Ceira
Pinhao
Tua
Map of Douro Valley
Best Producers of Douro Superior
Quinta do Vesuvio
and Barca Velha (iconic table wine producer: Ferreirinha, So Grape)
Main central city in Douro valley
Pinhao
Why is Baixo Corgo not suitable for top quality wines, though has highest density of plantings?
Too wet. Vines need dry condition to dig deep through schist
Best vineyards for Port are around this town, and these river valleys
Pinhao
Tedo, Tavora, Pinhao, Tua, Roncao and Gontelho tributaries
Iconic white port bottling
Dirk Niepoort’s “Redoma”
Niepoorts most famed table wine of Douro Valley (in Pinhao Valley)
“Charme” from Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, etc
What is Colheita Port
Tawny wines from a single vintage aged in cask for a minimum of 7 years.
What is LBV port?
Late-Bottled-Vintage: Wines are aged in cask for at least four years and bottled before December 31 of the sixth year after harvest. LBV wines additionally aged for 3 years in bottle may carry the designation “Envelhecido em garrafa,” or bottle-matured.
(Warre, Smith Woodhouse produce these)
What is crusted port
This term indicates that the wine has been matured and has left sediment in the bottle.
Min abv% range for Port
19-22%
(except Porto Branco Leve Seco “lightly dry”, which has a min. 16.5%)
What is the IVDP?
Gives letter grade classifications on vineyards based on point systems.
2361 points available
The Lei do Tergo regulates what element of Port production?
Product release
every year exporters may only sell wine that corresponds to a third of their stock
Who produces “Barca Velha” (Duoro Superior still wine)
Ferreirinha (first vintage 1957)
Owned by So Grape
What year was house of Kopke founded by Christiano Kopke?
house of Kopke in 1638
Why was the Duoro wine company founded? (Now called Royal Oporto Wine Company)
Companhia Geral dos Vinhos do Alto Douro, or Douro Wine Company, Charged with eliminating fraud and installing regulatory measures, the Douro Wine Company formally established the boundaries and practices of the Douro appellation in 1756.
English were pissed that their Port was being sweetened and colored with elderberry
Between 1758 and 1761, the 335 best vineyards were classified By the Duoro Wine Company as:
Feitora:
marked with stones, signifying fruit reserved for the English market. Lesser vineyards (rama) provided domestic wines.
Styles of Wine permitted in the Douro
Vinho: Branco, Rosado, Tinto
Vinho Espumante (sparkling)
Colheita tardia (late harvest)
Vinho Licoroso: Moscatel do Douro (fortified)
Aging requirements and alcohol for Moscatel do Douro
18 months
16.5% abv
Max Yield for Douro Wines
Branco: 65 hl/ha
Rosado/Tinto: 55 hl/ha
Velho:
Muito Velho:
Port
Velho: 10/20 Years Old
Muito Velho: 30/40/50 years old
Reserva Port:
Reserva/Reserve:
This term implies greater quality when used for “Ruby” Port
No min aging requirement.
Reserva Tawny: Aged at least 6 years.
Reserva White: Aged at least 6 years.
VVO (Very Very Old) Port:
Wines over 80 years old
No age statement, just VVO or W
Vintage Port:
Bottled by July 30 the third year after harvest.
Wines may be sold from May 1 of the second year after harvest.
Port vintages declared in the last 20 years
2019
2018
2017
2016
2011
2007
2003
2000
1997
1994
