Port Flashcards
Production of port is overlooked by ?
IVDP - Douro Porto wine institute from 2003
Lei do terco
A degree restricting sale of port to 1/3rd of the house total inventory
Benifico
IVDP grants each grower the benifico it means maximum amount of wine to be fortified in a given year on basis of 12 factors
12 factors of port Making is also know as
Moeira de fonseca
What are all 12 factors on which port wine is classified
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
Yield for Port wine
Red -55 hl / Ha
White -65 hl/ha
Red grape used for port making
Touriga nacional Touriga francesa Tinta roriz Tinta cao Tinta Barroca Tinto Amarela Tinto Francesa Bastardo Mourisco
White grape used for port making
Gouveio Malvaisia fino Viosinho Rabigato Esgana cao Folgasao
What is benifico know in French
Mutage
What is the ratio of aguardent to port wine
1:4
Which producer is pioneer in White and rose port
Croft
What is traditional barrel used in agieng port called and it’s size
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
Styles of port
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
Ruby port
Aged in wood | Cement | SS for 2-3 year prior bottling , No vintage date
Ruby reserve port
Replaced vintage character and more complex than basic ruby
Vintage Port
Authorised by IVDP
Aged in cask for 2 year
And will continue to age in bottle for decade
Single Quinta vintage port
Estate port from single vintage produced same as vintage port
Late bottled vintage port
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
Envelhecido em garrafa
LBV bottled without filtering
Twany port
Pale, Less extraction or addition of white port
Reserve twany port
Aged for 7 year in cask blend of vintages
Twany with indication of age
May be labelled as 10,20,30 or 40 YO
Matured in wood
Blended and bottled
Colheita port
Vintage twany port aged for 7 year in cask
Which producers will not bottle the colheita port until and unless he gets the order
Calem
Vintages of port
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
