Porto
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Why is the bottling date in Porto important? It is important to indicate the bottling date, as most Port wines lose freshness after bottling.
Ruby, reserve ruby, and some LBVs are filtered prior to bottling and do not benefit from bottle aging. They are for immediate consumption.
Other LBV and vintage are not filtered and are bottle aged. After this extra period of maturation in the bottle, the wines have a garnet color and tertiary flavors of cooked fruits and vegetables (prunes, leather, moist leaves). What's the difference between a Vintage Port and a LBV Port? Both are from a single vintage, but LBV is filtered before bottling and ready to be consumed upon release. What does LBV mean? Late-bottled vintage Port wine from a single vintage, with 4 to 6 years of barrel aging, filtered before bottling and ready to be consumed What does the profit in the production of Port wine refer to? Maximum production of fortified wine to which each producer is authorized What levels of sugar are distinguished in Port wines? It is measured in degrees baumé
What are the predominant grape varieties for red port?
What characterizes a Ruby Reserve? Blend of Ruby ports bottled after 4 to 6 years of barrel aging. More like tawny Describe the vinification of Port wine The whole process is done in three days. It works day and night. As in Jerez, aging is more relevant than winemaking. Once harvested, the grapes are transferred to the winery, fully or partially destemmed and, traditionally, they are stepped on in granite or concrete presses. Currently, also by mechanical means (autovinifiers, piston plungers and automated presses).
The winter is allowed to pass before tasting. They cannot be tasted in harvest because they are not stable. It is tasted and it is decided whether it will be ruby or tawny. Traditionally, the wines are aged in Vila nova de Gaia (fresher). Tawny can be aged in the Douro, with higher temperatures, for faster aging. New wood aromas are not desirable in Porto. Always used oak or stainless steel What are the Porto styles?
What are the predominant grape varieties for white port?
What is the basic style of Porto? Ruby is the simplest style in Porto. It represents a large percentage of production.
What types of Porto Tawny exist? Tawny: Basically a version of Ruby that is aged enough to oxidize its color to a golden brown hue.
Tawny reserve: It is aged for at least 7 years in oak. You can specify 10, 20, 30 or 40 years. The indication is an average. There may be older parts
Vintage: The rarest and most expensive. While most Ports are a mixture of many vintages, vintage are wines from a single vintage and are only produced in the best years, at the discretion of the producer (It is requested in the second year after harvest, it must be approved by the IVDO and bottled before the third year. Typically three per decade)
Vintage Single quinta: Variation of the vintage produced with grapes from a single plot. Normally, it occurs when the year is not Colheita: Tawny from a single vintage. It is kept in wood for at least seven years, but in practice it is usually longer. It is unusual. What is cadastro in Porto wines? The cadastro or scoring system of Moreira da Fonseca (1947) is a classification system that uses twelve factors (altitude, performance, location, etc.) to add and subtract points and give a classification from A to F |