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25 Cards in this Set
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What catapulted Port wine onto the world market?
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Methuen Treaty.
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What is the Methuen Treaty?
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Gave Portugal preferential trading rights with Britian in 1703.
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Who is the Abbot of Lamego?
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Two englishmen who were vacationing in the Douro are said to have stumbled upon the Abbot and his fortified sweet wine. Discovering Port in 1678. However the house of Kopke & Co. had been trading in Douro wines for 40 years before that. The importance of the Abbot's wine was that brandy was added durring fermentation not after. British houses focous on vintage. Portuguese on Tawney styles.
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Barco Rabelo
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Traditional boat used to ferry port down the Douro river to the town of Villa Nova de Gaia.
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Lagars
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Troughs traditionally used to crush by foot treading, the grapes.
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What are the main grape veritals for port?
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6 best:
Touriga Nacional Tinta Cao Tinta Roriz (tempranillo) Tinta Barroca Touriga Francesa Tinta Amarela |
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What is the soil type in the Douro?
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Granitic and schist. Best vineyards on schist.
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What is the Climate of the Douro?
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Hot continental
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What is the Quinta Classification?
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A classification of the Douro vinyards based on a point system. Points are given based on catagories such as:
location, aspect, altitude, gradient, soil, schist levels, granite levels, microclimate, veritals, age of vines, density, productivity, and vineyard maintenance. The final score a vinyard recieves the greater it's permitted production. |
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What is an autovinifier?
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ingenious enclosed device that uses carbonic gas pressure built up durring the fermentation process to "pump"the juice up over the manta or cap to extract color.
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Describe the port vinification process.
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Port is vinified into a still wine.
Ferments at 90F. Aguardente is added when fermentation produces 6-8% alcohol. Perserves sweetness. This is about 90 grams of sugar per litre. |
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After Port is made where does it age?
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Until 1986 port had to be matured down river at in the town of Vila Nova de Gaia. This change has helped smaller producers make and export their own port leading to increased competition for the big houses who used to be the only ones able to afford to age their wines. Vila Nova de Gaia is cooler tempered by the Atlantic ocean. Whereas Port aged in the Douro suffers/benifits from "Douro Bake" Ageing faster loosing color, browning, and aquireing a carmelized note.
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What is another word for vineyard classification in the douro valley?
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Beneficio System.
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What are the two styles of port?
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Tawney and Ruby.
Ruby is bottle aged and Tawney is cask aged. |
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What are ports aged in?
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Pipes 550 litre cask.
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Port Styles:
Ruby |
less than 1 year in cask.
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Port Styles:
Crusted Port |
The greatest NV ruby ports.
Blend of vintages. Not filtered. Up to 4 years in cask and 3 years in bottle. |
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Port Styles:
LBV |
Pure vintage port from a good-not great-year.
generally aged 4-6 years in cask. |
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Port Styles:
Single Quinta Port |
Wine from a single vineyard.
Generally aged from 2-3 years in pipes. good-not great-vintages. generally released when the producer thinks it is ready to be drunk. |
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Port Styles:
Vintage Character Port |
Step up from basic Ruby.
Same rules apply. |
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Port Styles:
Vintage Port |
Must be bottled within 2 years of vintage.
Widely considered best style (British) |
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Port Styles:
Aged Tawney Port |
10,20,30,40
Approximation of years old. The law is vague on pourpose. The port wine institute tastes the wine to make sure it tastes like a 20,30,40 year tawney should. |
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Port StylesBasic:
Basic Tawney |
often a blend of red and white ports. Most 8 years old.
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Port Styles:
Single Quinta Tawney Port |
Small production. With indicated age or vintage dated.
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Port Styles:
Vintage dated Tawney or Colheita |
May have been aged from 20-50 years. A single vintage tawney port.
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