Chapter Twelve: Port and Madeira

Question 1

What are the 5 preferred red varieties for Port?

Answer 1

Touriga Nacional

Touriga Franca

Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo)

TInta Barroca

Tinto Cão

Question 2

What are the two leading varieties for white Port?

Answer 2

Gouveio

Malvasia Fina

Question 3

What is the system used to rank the Port wine vineyards of the Douro?

Answer 3

Cadastro

Question 4

What are the three subregions of the Duoro?

Answer 4

Baixo Corgo

Cima Corgo

Douro Superior

Question 5

What is the westernmost and most fertile section of the Duoro?

Answer 5

Baixo Corgo

Question 6

What is the central core of the Duoro?

Answer 6

Cima Corgo

Question 7

What is the terroir/climate of the Cima Corgo?

Answer 7

Steep, rocky slopes

Schist and granite soils

Hot summers and cold winters

Question 8

What is the upriver, eastern portion of the Douro?

Answer 8

Douro Superior

Question 9

What is the subregion of the Douro with the greatest concentration of high-quality Port vineyards?

Answer 9

Cima Corgo

Question 10

What is the annual authorization determining the amount of wine allowed to be used in the production of Port?

Answer 10

Beneficio

Question 11

What are the low, open troughs traditionally used in the production (foot-trodding) of Port?

Answer 11

Lagares

Question 12

What are the traditional barrels used to transport Port?

Answer 12

Pipes

Question 13

What are the boats traditionally used to transport barrels of Port along the river?

Answer 13

Barcos Rabelos

Question 14

What is the town on the Douro where many Port Lodges are located?

Answer 14

Vila Nova de Gaia

Question 15

What is Port aged for about two years in large casks before begin bottled and ready-to-drink?

Answer 15

Ruby Port

Question 16

What is a blend of premium Ruby Ports, bottled after four to six years of aging?

Answer 16

Reserve Port

Question 17

What is Port from a single year’s harvest, produced only in the best years?

Answer 17

Vintage Port

Question 18

What is the aging/bottling date required for Vintage Port?

Answer 18

Must be aged in cask; must be bottled by July 30 of the third year following harvest (considered very age-worthy and may improve in the bottle for many years)

Question 19

What is Port from a single year, matured in large oak vats for 4 to 6 years before bottling?

Answer 19

Late-Bottled Vintage Port

Question 20

What is the Port produced from the grapes of a single estate and a single year?

Answer 20

Single Quinta Vintage Port

Question 21

What is the minimum oak aging for Reserve Tawny Port?

Answer 21

7 tears

Question 22

What is single-vintage tawny Port called?

Answer 22

Colheita Port

Question 23

What is the style of Port introduced by Croft in 2008?

Answer 23

Rose Port

Question 24

What is the location of the island of Madeira?

Answer 24

In the Atlantic Ocean, 400 miles/644km off the coast of Morocco

Question 25

What is the island located 27 miles/43 km northeast of Madeira?

Answer 25

Porto Santo

Question 26

What is the most widely-grown grape on the island of Maderia?

Answer 26

TInta Negra

Question 27

What are the 4 noble grapes of Madeira?

Answer 27

Secial Verdelho Boal (Bual) Malvasia (Malmsey)

Question 28

What is the style of Sercial Madeira?

Answer 28

Extra dry or dry, highly acidic

Question 29

What is the style of Verdelho Madeira?

Answer 29

Off-dry or medium-dry, honeyed, somewhat smokey

Question 30

What is the style of Boal Madeira?

Answer 30

Sweet, raisiny, medium-rich, highly aromatic

Question 31

What is the style of Malmsey Madeira?

Answer 31

Very sweet, somewhat soft, very rich

Question 32

What is the Madeira production method involving storing barrels "in the rafters"?

Answer 32

Canteiro

Question 33

What is the Madeira production method involving a heated vat?

Answer 33

Estufagem (cuba de calor)

Question 34

What is the Madeira production method involving steam-heated rooms?

Answer 34

Armazem de calor (used mainly by the Madeira Wine Company)

Question 35

What is the traditional name for off-dry, blended Madeira?

Answer 35

Rainwater Madeira

Question 36

What are the requirements for Colheita Madeira?

Answer 36

Single vintage (min. 85%), at least 5 years of aging

Question 37

What is the minimum age of Frasqueira/vintage Madeira?

Answer 37

20 years