Fortified wines: Port and Sherry supplement Flashcards
When alcohol is added to the wine to protect it from spoiling and bolster its body, warmth, and sturdiness.
Fortified wine
Port and Sherry are ___ wines
Fortified wines
This wine is associated with the Douro region in northeast Portugal
Port
Ruby-style Ports
Ruby Port
Reserve Ruby Port
LBV Port (Late Bottled Vintage)
Vintage Port
Tawny-style Ports.
Of these common styles of Port, which is most oxidative?
Tawny-style Port is most oxidative
Ruby-style
Ruby
Are ports that are described as
simple, straightforward, fruity
What factor describes the style of Port?
maturation
Require decanting
Require bottle aging
Made only in exceptional vintages
Expensive
Describe what kind of Port?
Vintage
___ is produced in southwestern Spain in and around the town of Jerez de la Frontera.
Sherry
Palomino
Pedro Ximénez
Are grapes found in this style wine
Sherry
These grapes in Sherry are dried in the sun prior to fermentation to concentrate the sugars.
After fortification the wine is aged oxidatively, which is where it gets its opaque, near-black color from and intense prune and coffee-like flavors.
Pedro Ximénez (PX)
Pale cream Sherry is made from ___ grapes and PX
Fino
Medium Sherry is made from ___ grapes and PX
Amontillado
Cream Sherry is made from ___ grapes and PX
Oloroso
Name for fractional blending system which has levels, or rows, of old oak barrels that hold wines at varying stages of development.
Solera system
Fino
Oloroso
Amontillado
3 most important styles of dry ___
Sherry
