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Fortified Wines Flashcards

1
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Where is Port produced?

A

Portugal’s Douro Valley

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What are the preferred red grapes of Port?

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Touriga Nacional
Touriga Francesa
Tinta Roriz 
Tinta Cao
Tinta Barroca
Tinta Amarela
Tinta Francisca
Bastardo
Mourisco Tinto
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3
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What are the preferred white grapes of Port?

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Gouveio (Verdelho)
Malvasia Fina
Viosinho
Rabigato
Esgana Cao (Sercial)
Folgasao
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In Port, red grapes must account for what percent of the blend?

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A minimum of 60%

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5
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What are the two styles of Port?

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Ruby and Tawny

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6
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Vintage ports are included within which style of Port?

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Ruby

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_______ ports are aged in bottle whereas ______ ports are aged in cask.

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Ruby and Vintage are aged in bottle and Tawny is aged in cask.

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Styles of Ruby Port

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  1. Ruby Port
  2. Ruby Reserve Port
  3. Vintage Port
  4. Single Quinta Vintage Port
  5. Late-Bottled Vintage Port
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Styles of Tawny Port

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  1. Tawny Port
  2. Reserve Tawny
  3. Tawny with Indication of Age
  4. Colheita Tawny
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10
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How long does a Late-Bottle Vintage Port age in cask prior to bottling?

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4-6 years

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11
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What is the minimum aging requirements for a reserve tawny port? Is it a single vintage port?

A

7 years–but it’s a blend of several vintages

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12
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What ages can be applied to Tawny Ports? What does the age indicate?

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10, 20, 30, or 40 years old

The indicated age isn’t an average or anything, but rather an approximation of what the IVDP deems a port of that age to taste like.

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What is a Colheita Tawny?

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It’s a vintage-dated Port, spending a minimum of 7 years in cask.

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14
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What is torna viagem?

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Translates to “round trip,” the original ocean voyages useful in producing Madeira.

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15
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Where can Madeira be produced?

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Madeira DOP includes the island of Madeira as well as the neighboring island of Porto Santo.

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16
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What are the noble white grapes of Madeira?

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Sercial (Esgana Cao)
Verdelho (Gouveio)
Boal (Bual, Malvasia Fina)
Malmsey

17
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What grape is the workhorse of Madeira, accounting for nearly 85% of total production?

A

Tinta Negra

18
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What Madeira grape varietal has a poor reputation and is prohibited from appearing on the label?

A

Tinta Negra

19
Q

What are the main varietal styles of Madeira in order of driest to sweetest?

A
  • Sercial
  • Verdelho
  • Boal
  • Malvasia/Malmsey
20
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What are the Multi-Vintage Blend Madeiras?

A
  • Rainwater: usually 100% Tinta Negra, youngest wine is a min 3 years old
  • Seleccionado: dominated by Tinta Negra, heated in Estufagem, blended wine that is at least 3 years old. Labeled “Finest,” “Choice,” or “Select”
  • Reserve/Reserva: >=5 and =10 and =15 and
21
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What is Estufagem?

A

A type of heating method used to create madeira. Fortified wines are transferred to an estufa, a stainless steel tank that heats the wine by circulating hot water through coils inside the vat.

Wines is heated to 45-50 degrees C over 3 months.

It then rests for 90 days before being transferred to a cask for aging.

22
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What is Canteiro?

A

A type of heating method for madeira where the wines are cask aged for at least two years in lodge attics.

These madeiras may be bottled at a minimum of 3 years.

23
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What are the types of Madeira with a vintage date?

A
  • Colheita (harvest): produced from a single vintage (min 85%) and aged for min 5 years. May be a blend or single variety.
  • Frasqueira: vintage madeira aged for min 20 years in cask.
  • Vinho da Roda/Torno/Volta: exceptional rarity–refers to madeira that underwent an ocean journey across the equator.
24
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What 3 towns are at the center of sherry production?

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  1. Jerez de la Frontera
  2. El Puerto de Santa Maria
  3. Sanlucar de Barrameda
25
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What are the 2 DO zones for sherry?

A
  1. Jerez-Xeres-Sherry

2. Manzanilla-Sanlucar de Berrameda

26
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What 3 grapes are permitted in Sherry?

A

Palomino (listan)
Pedro Ximenez
Moscatel (Muscat of Alexandria)

27
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What grape accounts for 95% of vineyard acreage in Jerez?

A

Palomino

28
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Moscatel and PX are predominately used for doing what to sherry?

A

Sweetening it

29
Q

PX is permitted to be imported from what neighboring DO?

A

Montilla-Moriles

30
Q

What styles of sherry undergo biological aging?

A

Fino and manzanilla

31
Q

What styles of sherry undergo oxidative aging?

A

Oloroso

32
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How many years must a sherry age in solera prior to bottling?

A

2 years (decreased from 3 in 2010)

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