Portugal Flashcards
what are classification in Portugal?
- Table wines
- Vinho de Mesa
- Vinho de mesa regional - QWPSR
- Indicao de Proviencia Regulamentada
- Denominacao de Origen Controlata
what is main production ?
red for production, white for local consumption
what are 6 wine regions in Portugal
- Vinho Verde
- Douro
- Bairrada
- Algarve
- Dao
- Madiera
Vinho Verde
- soil conditions
- climate
- wine quality
- grape
- fertile, granite soils
- maritime climate, lots of rain
- high in acid, mineraly , fizz, sweetness
- Alvarino
- fizz is result of malo-lacti ferm bottled before complete
Duoro
- mainly produces
- benefit of over cropping
- climate
- 2/3 table wines, 1/3 ports
- provides high acid
- continental
Dao
- geo significance
- wines
- best table wines made here
- surrounded by mountains
- pinot style wines made from Tinta Pinheira grapes
Barraida
home to…
-climate?
-varietals?
- home of Mateus and Caves Alianca
-similar climate to Dao, colder winters, longer summers
many grape varietals seen no where else
Algrave
-geo features?
climate?
-varietals?
- has altitude from mountains on spanish border
- never to hot or cold, good rainfall
- mostly local grapes but also syrah, chard, cab sav and voignier
Madeira
- same latitude as
- known for what wine?
- how is it made??
- casablanca
- fortified
- cheap heat treated during storage, sugar caramelize to add rich flavours or added artificially
what is Estufagem
- making of madiera = “ baking process”
- wines spend min of 3 months is Estufagem–> more expensive wines = colder and longer
- effect of this process is to caramelise sugars and promotes oxidation
what is the production process of more expensive Madiera?
- aged in barrels for 5.10 or 15 years at 35C
- single varietal : usually Sercial, Verdelho, Bual and Malmsey
what region is Port from?
- Douro
what is port?
- fort wine, add brandy to kill fermentation but keep sugars
- 20% alcohol
- mainly for British
major port city
Oporto
what other country besides Britain consumes port? What is port taken as?
- France- takes a aperitif (stimulate appeitite)
- other countires use as digestif (doesnt work )to pair with cheese and desert
what port would you decant and why? How? How do you serve?
vintage and LBV b/c of sediment
- stand upright for day- 1 week before opening
- serving temp same as red wine
- vessel in ISO glass
what are teh key grapes used for port?
Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesca, Tinta Cao, Tinta Barroca, Sousao, Malvasia (white)
topography of Duoro
- steep grades 60%, schist on top of granite
describe fortification of port
- sugar in must converted to 6-9% alcohol, must is run off and fortified
2, 77% spirit added one part spirit : 4 parts wine - spirit kills yeast while sugar retained in wine
what are 3 types of port?
- white
- ruby
- tawny
describe white port
made from white grapes, golden in colour, dry to sweet. (label tells you) Oak, sold at 2-3 years
describe ruby port
young non-vintage ports. Full bodied, oak ages. Sold at three years
describe tawny port
cheapest, a blend of white and ruby. Expensive ones only develop with lots of aging is cask.
what does LBV stand for and mean?
late bottle vintage
is port from a specific year but it wasn’t declared. Aged 4-6 yrs. in cask
