Port Flashcards
Port is located where?
Port are is located in Duriense region
Port DOP is located where?
On upper reaches of River Douro in northeast Portugal between Regua and Spanish border
Area is devided in 3 sub-regions name them?
- Baixo Corgo
- Cima Corgo
- Douro Superior
Best vineyards in Port are where?
In Pinhao upriver from Regua on the map right folowing the river
Explain Soil and how the vineyards are positioned?
Grapes are grown on terraces.
Best soil is Schistose
Schist is the best and granite is worst
Vineyards are graded from A-F According to:
1. Soil
2. Location
3. Aspect
4. Grapes
5. Concentration of the wines
6. Yield ( Lowest is best )
7. Maintainenc of the vineyard
Most important grapes for red?
- Touriga National
- Tinta Baroca
- Tinta Cao
- Tinta Rorris ( Aragon )
- Touriga Franca
- Trincadera ( Tanta Amarela )
- Bastardo
Most important grapes for white?
- Arinto
- Donzelimio Branca
- Gouveio ( Verdelho )
- Malvasio Fino
- Rabigato
- Viosinho
From where is brendy added in the port?
Brendy must be bought from Government-Controlled Casa do Douro
Traditionaly made from distilled Portuguese wine
Name styles of port?
- Ruby Port
- Ruby Reserve Port
- Late-Bottled Vintage LBV
- Crusted Port
- Vintage Port
- Single Quinta or Off Vintage
- Tawny Port
- Fine Old Tawny or Aged Tawny Ports
- Colheita Ports
- White Port
- Rose Port
Explain Ruby Port?
This is a blend of wines from more then one year.
Usualy bottled and sold after 4 years.
Ruby red colour and ready to dring as soon as bottled.
Explain Ruby Reserve Port?
This is a premium blend of good quality Ruby Ports of more then one Vintage and matured in wood.
Explain Late-Bottled Vintage or LBV?
This is a port from single year.
Matured in wood for 4-6 years before being bottled.
This allows maturation process to speed up and sediments to drop out of the wine.
Year of the Vintage and Year of bottleing must be stated on the label.
There are two stiles filtered and not filtered so one is required decanting and other is not. It will be stated on the label
Explain Criusted Port?
Blend of quality wines from nuber of vintages.
Its bottled unfiltered and must mature min 3 years
Explain Vintage Port?
VIntage Ports are made only in exeptional years from blend of wine from same year.
Wine is matured in cask for 2 years and then bottled.
Vintage Port will mature in bottle for 10-15 years and may continiou to impruve up to 40 years or more.
Name the best Vintages for Port?
- 1966
- 1967
- 1970
- 1975
- 1977
- 1980
- 1982
- 1983
- 1985
- 1991
- 1992
- 1994
- 1997
- 2000
- 2003
- 2007
- 2011
Explain Single Quinta or Off Vintage?
Produced in a years when there is no Vintage declared.
Its made the same way as Vintage port but sold under the name there Quinta.
Matured in Bottle
Explain Tawny Port?
Blend of wines from several years.
Comercial Tawny made by blending White Port with Ruby Ports to produce Tawny clolour
Explain Fine Old or Aged Tawny Port?
Blend of Ports from several years.
Matured in casks for 7-8 years.
Some Tawny are matured in wood and labeld as 10,20,30 or 40 years.
Number of years refere to avarage age of wine in barrel.
Explain Colheita Ports?
This are Tawny Ports made from single vintage.
Matured in casks for min 7 years by law.
Date of vintage and bottleing will be stated on the label.
Explain White Port but just sweetnes?
Often semi-sweet or sweet
Alos dry are made
Explain Rose Port?
This port is produced by shorter maceration then for a Ruby Port.
