Fortified Flashcards
1
Q
What are Fortified Wines?
A
Fortified wines are strengthened with neutral grape spirit to enhance body, warmth, durability and aging potential.
2
Q
What are the 3 main archetypes of fortified wine?
A
Port, Madeira, and Sherry.
3
Q
What other types of Fortified Wines are there?
A
- Sicily’s Marsala
- France’s vin doux naturel
- Greece’s PDO wines
- Portugal’s Setúbal, Carcavelos, and Pico - Málaga
- Montilla-Moriles
- Condado de Huelva
- Traditional styles of the Iberian peninsula:
- Tarragona Clásico
- Rueda Dorado
- New World Styles.
4
Q
What are Aromatized Wines?
A
Fortified wines flavored by maceration with additional herbs and spices such as Vermouth and quinquinas.
5
Q
What spice is essential for flavoring Quinquinas?
A
Cinchona bark.
6
Q
What are the 3 general Fortification methods?
A
- adding spirit during fermentation
- adding spirit after fermentation
- fortifying unfriended grape must.
7
Q
The EU broadly defines all fortified wines as _______
A
Vin de Liqueur.
8
Q
Name 4 French Vin de Liqueurs and their corresponding Region.
A
- Ratafia (Champagne)
- Pineau des Charentes (Cognac)
- Floc de Gascogne (Armagnac)
- Macvin du Jura (Jura).
