Port

Question 1

Port is located where?

Answer 1

Port are is located in Duriense region

Question 2

Port DOP is located where?

Answer 2

On upper reaches of River Douro in northeast Portugal between Regua and Spanish border

Question 3

Area is devided in 3 sub-regions name them?

Answer 3

1. Baixo Corgo
2. Cima Corgo
3. Douro Superior

Question 4

Best vineyards in Port are where?

Answer 4

In Pinhao upriver from Regua on the map right folowing the river

Question 5

Explain Soil and how the vineyards are positioned?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Most important grapes for red?

Answer 6

1. Touriga National
2. Tinta Baroca
3. Tinta Cao
4. Tinta Rorris ( Aragon )
5. Touriga Franca
6. Trincadera ( Tanta Amarela )
7. Bastardo

Question 7

Most important grapes for white?

Answer 7

1. Arinto
2. Donzelimio Branca
3. Gouveio ( Verdelho )
4. Malvasio Fino
5. Rabigato
6. Viosinho

Question 8

From where is brendy added in the port?

Answer 8

Brendy must be bought from Government-Controlled Casa do Douro
Traditionaly made from distilled Portuguese wine

Question 9

Name styles of port?

Answer 9

1. Ruby Port
2. Ruby Reserve Port
3. Late-Bottled Vintage LBV
4. Crusted Port
5. Vintage Port
6. Single Quinta or Off Vintage
7. Tawny Port
8. Fine Old Tawny or Aged Tawny Ports
9. Colheita Ports
10. White Port
11. Rose Port

Question 10

Explain Ruby Port?

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

Explain Ruby Reserve Port?

Answer 11

This is a premium blend of good quality Ruby Ports of more then one Vintage and matured in wood.

Question 12

Explain Late-Bottled Vintage or LBV?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Explain Criusted Port?

Answer 13

Blend of quality wines from nuber of vintages.
Its bottled unfiltered and must mature min 3 years

Question 14

Explain Vintage Port?

Answer 14

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.

Question 15

Name the best Vintages for Port?

Answer 15

1. 1966
2. 1967
3. 1970
4. 1975
5. 1977
6. 1980
7. 1982
8. 1983
9. 1985
10. 1991
11. 1992
12. 1994
13. 1997
14. 2000
15. 2003
16. 2007
17. 2011

Question 16

Explain Single Quinta or Off Vintage?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Explain Tawny Port?

Answer 17

Blend of wines from several years.
Comercial Tawny made by blending White Port with Ruby Ports to produce Tawny clolour

Question 18

Explain Fine Old or Aged Tawny Port?

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

Explain Colheita Ports?

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

Explain White Port but just sweetnes?

Answer 20

Often semi-sweet or sweet
Alos dry are made

Question 21

Explain Rose Port?

Answer 21

This port is produced by shorter maceration then for a Ruby Port.