Fortified Wines

Question 1

What is a fortified wine?

Answer 1

A wine that contains added neutral brandy to raise the wine’s alcohol content

Question 2

Whats the alcohol range in fortified wine?

Answer 2

15-20%

Question 3

Name the 3 towns in Spain that form the Sherry triangle.

Answer 3

Jerez de la Frontera, Puerto de Santa Maria, and Sanlucar de Barrameda.

Question 4

What 2 grapes make Sherry?

Answer 4

Palomino and Pedro Ximenez

Question 5

Name the 5 types of Sherry.

Answer 5

Manzanilla, Fino, Amontillado, Oloroso, and Cream

Question 6

Which wine did George Washington serve at the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 6

Madeira

Question 7

What’s a bodega?

Answer 7

An above ground structure used to store wine

Question 8

What % of Sherry is lost to evaporation each year?

Answer 8

At least 3%

Question 9

What’s the Solera Method?

Answer 9

Fractional blending or the continuous blending of several vintages to maintain the house style

Question 10

Sherry usually is aged in what type of oak?

Answer 10

American

Question 11

Where does true Port come from?

Answer 11

The Douro region in N Portugal

Question 12

When is the neutral brandy added to Port wine?

Answer 12

During fermintation

Question 13

Name the 2 main categories of Port.

Answer 13

Cask-aged and bottle-aged

Question 14

What kind of ports are LBV, Vintage Character, Quinta, and Vintage?

Answer 14

Bottle aged

Question 15

What kind of Ports are ruby, tawny, and colheita?

Answer 15

Cask aged

Question 16

How long does Vintage Port age in wood?

Answer 16

2 years

Question 17

What’s the approximate alcohol content of Port?

Answer 17

Around 20%

Question 18

What % of all Port does vintage represent?

Answer 18

Only 3%