Port

Question 1

Production of port is overlooked by ?

Answer 1

IVDP - Douro Porto wine institute from 2003

Question 2

Lei do terco

Answer 2

A degree restricting sale of port to 1/3rd of the house total inventory

Question 3

Benifico

Answer 3

IVDP grants each grower the benifico it means maximum amount of wine to be fortified in a given year on basis of 12 factors

Question 4

12 factors of port Making is also know as

Answer 4

Moeira de fonseca

Question 5

What are all 12 factors on which port wine is classified

Answer 5

SOIL and CLIMATE Factors 
Location 
Altitude 
Exposure 
Bed rock 
Rough matter 
Slope 
Shelter 
Yield 

VINE
Type of vine 
Planting density 
Yield 
training system 
Vine age

Question 6

Yield for Port wine

Answer 6

Red -55 hl / Ha

White -65 hl/ha

Question 7

Red grape used for port making

Answer 7

Touriga nacional 
Touriga francesa 
Tinta roriz 
Tinta cao 
Tinta Barroca 
Tinto Amarela 
Tinto Francesa 
Bastardo 
Mourisco

Question 8

White grape used for port making

Answer 8

Gouveio 
Malvaisia fino 
Viosinho 
Rabigato 
Esgana cao 
Folgasao

Question 9

What is benifico know in French

Answer 9

Mutage

Question 10

What is the ratio of aguardent to port wine

Answer 10

1:4

Question 11

Which producer is pioneer in White and rose port

Answer 11

Croft

Question 12

What is traditional barrel used in agieng port called and it’s size

Answer 12

Pipe

Pipe used in duoro valley 550 ltr
Pipe used in Vila nova de gaia-620 ltr
Pipe used for shipping port -534.24 ltr

Question 13

Styles of port

Answer 13

RUBY PORT ( Bottle aged )
Ruby port 
Ruby reserve port 
LBV
Vintage port 
Single Quinta VP

TWANY PORT ( Oak aged port )
Twany port 
Reserve twany 
Twany with indication of age 
Colheita port

Question 14

Ruby port

Answer 14

Aged in wood | Cement | SS for 2-3 year prior bottling , No vintage date

Question 15

Ruby reserve port

Answer 15

Replaced vintage character and more complex than basic ruby

Question 16

Vintage Port

Answer 16

Authorised by IVDP
Aged in cask for 2 year
And will continue to age in bottle for decade

Question 17

Single Quinta vintage port

Answer 17

Estate port from single vintage produced same as vintage port

Question 18

Late bottled vintage port

Answer 18

Cask age for 4-6 year
Single vintage
LBV are filtered before bottling

But best are often not filtered and labelled as Envelhecido em garrafa indicating min 3 year of bottle age

Question 19

Envelhecido em garrafa

Answer 19

LBV bottled without filtering

Question 20

Twany port

Answer 20

Pale, Less extraction or addition of white port

Question 21

Reserve twany port

Answer 21

Aged for 7 year in cask blend of vintages

Question 22

Twany with indication of age

Answer 22

May be labelled as 10,20,30 or 40 YO
Matured in wood
Blended and bottled

Question 23

Colheita port

Answer 23

Vintage twany port aged for 7 year in cask

Question 24

Which producers will not bottle the colheita port until and unless he gets the order

Answer 24

Calem

Question 25

Vintages of port

Answer 25

50
1955
1958

60 
1960
1963
1966 
1967

70
1970
75
77

80 
1980
83
85
87

90 
1991
92
94
97 

00
2000
2003
2007
2016
2018