Port Flashcards
What is the minimum aging time before bottling required for Reserve Tawny Port?
Reserve Tawny Port must be aged for at least seven years in oak before bottling.
What is the Cadastro?
The Cadastro is the vineyard ranking system in the DOC for Port.
What are lagares?
Lagares are the open granite or concrete troughts that were traditionally used for foot-crushing grapes for Port.
Approximately what percentage of the Douro region’s production is Porto?
About half.
What are the three sub-regions of Douro?
Baixo Corgo
Cima Corgo
Douro Superior
Which sub-zone of Douro is the source of much unfortified wine?
Douro Superior.
In which of the sub-zones of Douro are the majority of vineyards used for Port production located?
Cima Corgo
Which sub-zone of Douro makes grapes mostly for lighter styles of Port?
Baixo Corgo
What are the five preferred varieties for Port production?
Touriga Ncaional
Touriga Franca
Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo)
Tinta Barroca
Tinto Cão
What grapes are used for white Port?
Gouveio and Malvasia Fina
What is Vila Nova de Gaia?
A town across the Douro River from Oporto where most of the big Port lodges are located for storing and aging Port.
What are the major styles of Port?
Ruby
Reserve
Late-Bottled Vintage
Tawny
Vintage
Single Quinta Vintage
Colheita
White
Rose
How long is Ruby Port aged for?
About two years in large oak casks before being bottled.
What is a Reserve Port?
A blend of premium ruby Ports, aged for 4-6 years in oak vats, more like Tawny Port in style.
What is a Late-Bottle Vintage Port?
A single vintage, aged in large oak vats 4-6 years after harvest. Most are filtered before bottling.
When are Vintage Ports bottled?
They must be bottle by July 30th of the third year after harvest. The bottles are cellared for years/decades before release.
What is Taylor’s?
An important independent port shipper and key part of the Fladgate Partnership. One of the oldest Port houses. One of the most admired and longest lived vintage ports.
What is the Fladgate Partnership?
A company comrpised of Taylor’s (Taylor, Fladgate and Yeatman) and Croft. Market share of more than 33% of the premium port market.
What is Grahams?
An important port shipper. Part of Symingtons.
What is Symingtons?
A leading family of Port Wine Shippers. Includes Graham, Dow, Warre, Smith Woodhouse, Quinta do Vesuvio, and Cockburn. Also sell Douro table wines.
What is Warre’s?
An important Port shipper, part of Symingtons. The oldest British port company, founded in 1670.
What is Sogrape?
Portugal’s largest wine producer. Owns vineyards and wineries in many regions, as well as Port shippers Ferreira and Sandeman.
What is Sandeman?
A port producer owned by Sogrape.
What is Quinta de Noval?
An historic, unusual vineyard-based Port shipper founded in 1715. Also produces red and white wines.
What is a Colheita for Port?
For Port, a Colheita is a single vintage reserve tawny port, very few are produced.
