Port wine

Question 1

Tasting panel of Port and control name

Answer 1

Camara de Provadores

Question 2

3 sub-regions of Port area

Answer 2

Baixo Corgo
Cima Corgo
Douro Superior

Question 3

Coolest and wettest and considered to produce lower quality grapes, which region?

Answer 3

Baixo Corgo

Question 4

which region close to Pinhao town

Answer 4

Cima Corgo

Question 5

Hottest and driest sub-region

Answer 5

Douro Superior

Question 6

Best vineyards of Port?

Answer 6

Around the town Pinhao (Cima Corgo). The grapes are grown on the terraces which have been blasted out of the slate and granite.

Question 7

Best and worst soil for Port?

Answer 7

Schist is the best

granite is the worst

Question 8

Permitted grape varietals for Port?

Answer 8

Touriga national
Tinta baroca
Tinta cao
Tinta Rorris (Aragon)
Touriga Franca
Trincadera (Tanta Amarela)
Bastardo

Question 9

Permitted varietals for white port?

Answer 9

Arinto
Donzelinio Branca
Gouveio (Verdelho)
Malvasio Fino
Rabigato
Viosinho

Question 10

Aguadente when added and made of what?

Answer 10

Added during fermentation (short fermented must 6-8 % abv but in high sugar-> strained off into vats where aguadente (grape spirit=distilled potuguese wine) (fortification)
1 part to 4 parts (77%abv) to stop fermentation

Question 11

Pipe volume

Answer 11

550 litres during production and maturation

534.24 litres - when sold

Question 12

Port transported to where?

Answer 12

Vila Nova de Gaia

Question 13

Styles of Port

Answer 13

of 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 Port
Colheita Port
White Port
Rose Port

Question 14

Ruby Port

Answer 14

Youngest and least expensive

Blend of wines from more than 1 year, usually bottled approximately 4 years in wood

Question 15

Ruby Reserve Port

Answer 15

blend of good quality Ruby Ports of more than one vintage, and its matured in wood

Question 16

LBV Port

Answer 16

These are Ports from a SINGLE YEAR (not declared year) 4-6 years in wood.
The year of vintage and year of bottling must be stated on the label.
2 styles of bottling: filtered and unfiltered (will require decanting) - it will state on the label “unfiltered”

Question 17

Crusted Port

Answer 17

Blend of quality wines from a number of vintages.

They bottled unfiltered, min 3 years matured in bottle

Question 18

Vintage Port

Answer 18

Vintage year declared by the individual shippers, when they believe that their wine is of sufficient quality.
Vintage Ports are made only in exceptional years from a blend of wine of the same year.
The wine matured in cask for 2 years then bottled.
Vintage Port will continue mature in bottle for 10-15 years but may continue up to 40 years (or more, depending the year)

Question 19

Single Quinta (Off vintage) Port

Answer 19

Single Quinta made in years when they have not declared a vintage. The wines made in same way as vintage ports, but they sold under their Quinta’s, ex: Dow’s Quinta do Bomfim.
They matured in bottle and treated same as Vintage Port.

Question 20

What is Quinta

Answer 20

Estate

Question 21

Tawny Port

Answer 21

2 method:

1) blending white port and ruby port
2) blends of wines (matured in cask for 7 years) from several years

Question 22

Colheita Ports

Answer 22

Its Tawny Ports single vintage matured in cask min 7 years

Question 23

Fine Old Tawny or Aged Tawny Ports

Answer 23

Blending ports from several years and maturing them in cask for 7-8 years.
10,20,30, 40 years on the label - average age of the wine in the barrel.

Question 24

White Port

Answer 24

made from white grapes

Question 25

Rose Port

Answer 25

less time in contact with the grape skin than for ruby