Port Flashcards
(31 cards)
Major Quintas?
Fladgate partnership Quinta Vargellas - Taylors Taylor’s Quinta de Terra Feita Quinta de Cruzerio Fronseca Quinta do Panascal Quinta Santo Antonio (organic)
Symington Quinta Vesuvio Dow’s Quinta do Bomfim Cockburn Quinta dos Canais Warres Quinta do Cavadinha
Quinta de Noval
Touriga Nacional on own rootstocks - constantly replanted due to phylloxera.
French ownership
Who are the Fladgate group?
Taylor Fladgate Yeatman
1682 (Taylor’s)
Taylor’s, Fronseca, Croft, Krohn
Adrian Bridge is CEO
Croft pink Port - innovative bought in 2001
Krohn - famous for Colheita ports
500ha of vine
Taylor’s popularized LBV
Quinta Vargellas - Douro Superiore (Taylor)
Quinta de terra feita (Taylor) Cima Corgo
Quinta do junco - Cima Corgo
Quinta de Cruzeiro
Quinta Santo Antonio (organic)
Quinta Panascal
Croft 1588
Favoured rootstock in the Douro?
R110 + 1130P
Drought tolerant + low vigor
(Except Quinta do Noval which is on own roots)
What is the Cadastro?
Register of vineyards 140,000 vineyard plots Graded A-F on a 12 point audit Aspect Altitude Location Yield Soil type Vine training Vine age Vine density Shelter Varieties Angle of slope
What is the Beneficio?
Stock balancing exercise controlled through the regulation of grape spirit sales.
Maximum amount of wine that may be fortified.
Based on vineyard grade - better grade = more spirit to fortify wine.
Introduced in 1938
Regulated by the IVDP
Some pressure to get rid of beneficio - growers get double for port grapes than table wine
What is the Symington Group?
Largest shipper
Dow, Warre, Graham, Cockburn, Quinta de Vesuvio
26 Quinta
940ha under vine
112ha under organic management
Some experimental vineyards, and a vine variety nursery - 50 indigenous species
Robotic Lagares in 1998
Distribution companies - Fells in Uk, premium Port wines In USA,
What is sogevinus?
Spanish group
Owns Burmeister, Barros, Gilbert’s, Kopke
Large volume of ruby + tawny ports
Mainly sold in Portugal and EU
Old Colheita ports + tawny with indication of age
What is Sogrape?
Established 1942 Owns Sandeman - established 1790 1880 1st company to bottle and export port from Porto Quinta do Vau - Cima Corgo Quinta do Seixo - heart of the Estate Large volume - founders ruby reserve Use vinoloc glass stoppers Modern branding trying to target youth market The Don - label mascot Portugal’s largest wine producer owned by Guedes Family• Success founded on Mateus Rose• Owns Port shippers Ferreira, Sandeman Working to revive Sandeman brand in Uk
Who are Porto Cruz?
Largest single brand
Dominates French market + Belgium and Luxembourg
Apron 10million bottles per year
Owned by Martiniquaise - French drinks distributor
Quinta do Noval
1715 Only Quinta to share its name with the shipper. Released the first LBV in 1958 Pinhao In Cima Corgo Owned by AXA Vintage Ruby Nacional is highly sought after 145ha grade A Hand picked Foot trood for Nacional Aged at the Estate in Douro
Taylors
1682
Robust and built for age
Quinta Vargellas - Douro Superiore (Taylor)
Quinta de terra feita (Taylor) Cima Corgo
Quinta do junco - Cima Corgo
Vargellas vinha velha - 80-120 yr old vines bottled on rare vintages like 2017
Winery in vila nova de Gaia
Dow
1877 Vila Nova de Gaia Quinta Bomfim - Cima Corgo Quinta Senhora da Ribeira - Douro Superiore Drier more tannic style
Graham
Quinta dos Malvedos
Quinta do Tua
Quinta das Lages - organic for organic reserve port
Richer more generous style
Aged in Vila Nova de Gaia
Warre
1670
Vila Nova de Gaia
Quinta da Cavadinha
Quinta de retiero antigo
Warrior reserve ruby
Otima 10 & 20 yr tawny
Dark and concentrated
Robotic treading
Cockburn
1815
Quinta dos Canais - Douro Superior
Bought by Symington in 2010
Focus on special reserve
Croft
1588
Quinta do Roeda
Jewel of the Douro - one of the best vineyards
Vintage and aged tawny ports
2008 - Pink port - light skin contact, 7 day ferment
Full and generous house style.vintage and single Quinta is still by foot treading.
Quinta do Vesuvio
Douro Superior
1560’s
Purchase by Symington in 1986
Law of the third
Lei do terco
Restricts sales to 1/3 of a house’s total inventory annually.
Enforced by IVDP
Maximum yield
55 hlt/ha
65hlt/ya for white port
Describe a 30yr old Tawny Port
Golden amber, pale green at the rimComplex nose, exceptional density. Dried fruits, honey, spice, nutmeg, roasted coffee, nutsRich, intense, voluptous, viscous delicate fruit and raisins
Describe basic tawny (bulk)
A basic style of sweet-medium-sweet Port. Aged in wooden-casks, no more than 2-3years like Ruby Port. Fined, filtered and bottled ready to drink. No need to decantLighter extration methods are adapted to created a less coloured wine. In some instances White Port may be added to dilute the colours.Exposed to hotter/dried conditions to speed up maturations (Upper Douro vs. Vila Nova Gaia)
Flavours description of a basic young tawny with
Apperance: Light tawny-red colour fading to brick on the rimNose: Baked red fruits, dried fruits (fig/plum), sweet spices, hints of vanilla. DevelopedPalate: Same as aromas. rich jammy favours, roasted almonds, medium acidity, high alcoholcan show more complexity, concentration, and oxidative notes*
LBV port description
Apperance: Clear, usually dark and ruby
Nose: intense, primary fruit aromas (black fruit jammy) dried fruit, spice (blk pepper), cigar box, leathery aromas.
Palate: Sweet, full bodied, medium alcohol, high tannin, medium acidity. Same as aromas.
Long Finish
Ruby port description
Appereance: Bright and clear deep coloured
Nose: Clean nose, medium intensity, cooked dark fruit aromas, dark plum, dark cherry, some tertiary notes, chocolate and slightly medicinal notes.
Fully developed
Palate: Sweet, medium + acidity, medium tannins, high alchoho, med body, med + intensity. Candied cherry, sweet spice (cinnamon), pastry, caramel. Med - finish.
