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Fortified Wines Flashcards

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1
Q

Names for Semi-Sweet and Sweet Maderia

A

Baol

Malvasia (Malmsey)

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Names for Dry and Semi-Dry Maderia

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Serical

Verdelho

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Best Soil in Jerez

A

Albrariza - white, chalky clay

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Grapes used in Maderia

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Serial
Verdelho
Boal 
Malvasia (Malmsey)
Tinta Negra
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5
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Sub-zones of Port

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Baixo Corgo
Cima Corgo
Douro Superior

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The neutral grape spirit used to fortify Port

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Aguardente

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Grapes used to make Sherry

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Palomino Fino
Pedro Ximenez
Moscatel

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Maderia - the process of heating wine by stainless steel vat

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Estufagen

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Maderia - the process of heating wine in casks in attics

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Canteiro

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Types of Sherry made using Flor

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Fino

Manzanilla

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Types of Sherry made without Flor

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Amontillado
Palo Cortado
Oloroso
Cream

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12
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Amount of residual sugar in Pedro Ximenez Sherry

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40%

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VOS

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Vinum Optimum Signatum (Very Old Sherry) - solera aged at least 20 years

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VORS

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Vinum Optimum Rare Signatum (Very Old Rare Sherry) - solera aged at least 30 years

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Process of moving wine from one criadera to the next

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“Running the Scales” or Rocios

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Bottle aged Port

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Ruby

17
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Barrel aged Port

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Tawny

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Late Bottled Vintage Port

A

LBV
fruit from top quintas
aged 4-6 years in casks

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Vintage Port

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produced by top quints in exceptional vintages
aged 2 years in barrel
bottle aged at least 10 years
Not fined or filtered

20
Q

Single Quinta Port

A

fruit from top quinta in non vintage year

released after 2 years (should be aged by buyer)

21
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Aged Tawny Port

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aged entirely in the cask

age on bottle is an estimate

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Recent vintage port years

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2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015

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French Fortified Wines

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Les Vins Doux Naturels

24
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Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise

A

Southern Rhone Valley

White grape - Muscat Blanc

25
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Banyuls

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Roussillon, France

Red grape - Grenache

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