Port

Question 1

What is Quinquina

Answer 1

Fortified and aromatised wines flavoured with Cinchona Bark

Question 2

What is Mistelle

Answer 2

Grape juice fortified before fermentation

Question 3

What is Ratafia

Answer 3

Vin de Liqueur from Champagne

Question 4

What is Floc de Gascogne

Answer 4

Mistelle from Armagnac region

Question 5

What is Pineau de Charantais

Answer 5

Mistelle from Cognac region

Question 6

What is Macvin du Jura

Answer 6

Mistelle from Jura Region

Question 7

When was douro first demarcated

Answer 7

1756

Question 8

What is Lei de Terco

Answer 8

Law of the third
decree restricting sales of port to 1/3rd of the house’s annual inventory

Question 9

What is Beneficio

Answer 9

Authorisation for maximum amount of wine any house can fortify in a given year

Question 10

How many total factors are graded in Beneficio

Answer 10

Total 12
7 for soil and climate
5 for the wine

Question 11

How many total points available for beneficio

Answer 11

2361 points
1200 required for grade A
No port produced below F

Question 12

What is the max permitted yield for red grapes in douro for port production

Answer 12

55 hl/ha

Question 13

What is the max permitted yield for white grapes in douro for port production

Answer 13

65hl/ha

Question 14

Preferred red grapes for Port

Answer 14

Touriga Nacional
Touriga Francesa
Tinta Roriz
Tinta Cao
Tinta Barocca
Tinta Amarela
Tinta Francisa
Bastardo
Mourisco Tinto

Question 15

Preferred white grapes for port

Answer 15

Gouveiou
Malvasia fina
Viosinho
Rabigato
Esgana Cao
Filgacao

Question 16

What are Vinhos ao Alta

Answer 16

Vertical rows of vine plantings leading directly up the slopes

Question 17

What are patamares

Answer 17

Wider terraces in port vineyards that can be navigated by tractors

Question 18

What are Lagares

Answer 18

Open granite troughs used in port production for fermentation and treading of grapes

Question 19

What are autovinifiers

Answer 19

Algerian vinification technology that works without electricity, where wine will be pumped over automatically by build up of gas during fermentation

Question 20

When does the beneficio occur

Answer 20

When approx 1/3rd of sugar is fermented to alcohol in the must

Question 21

What is aguardente, in port

Answer 21

77% abv neutral grape spirit

Question 22

What is french term for Beneficio

Answer 22

Mutage

Question 23

Who pioneered Rose port catagory

Answer 23

Croft & Co.

Question 24

What is the ratio of Aguardante to port addition

Answer 24

1:4

Question 25

What is the size of a pipe in Douro

Answer 25

550 Ltr

Question 26

What is the size of a Pipe in Villa nova de Gaia

Answer 26

620 ltr

Question 27

What is the size of a Pipe used for shipping the port

Answer 27

534.24 Ltr

Question 28

Ruby port specifications

Answer 28

Aged in bulk for 2-3 yrs inexpensive deeply coloured no vintage

Question 29

Ruby Reserve Port/Premium Ruby specifications

Answer 29

More complex and characterful than ruby port, higher quality fruit

Question 30

Vintage character port

Answer 30

Old name for Reserve Ruby port, now not allowed to be written on the lables

Question 31

Vintage Port

Answer 31

produced in exceptional years only, aged in cask to be bottles by July 30 of 3rd year after harvest

Question 32

Single Quinta Vintage port

Answer 32

One estate's harvest made in same fashion as vintage port. Usually done in undeclared years improves with age, like vintage port

Question 33

Late bottled vintage ports

Answer 33

``` 4 to 6 years in cask before bottling Some tawny notes Single vintage Variable quality Majority filtered Rarely improves with age after bottling ```

Question 34

Envelhecido em garrafa

Answer 34

Additional 3 years bottle ageing in LBV ports

Question 35

Tawny port Specifications

Answer 35

Can be made by ageing in cask extensively Paler wines due to provenance of grapes Less extraction Addition of white ports to pale colour, sometimes

Question 36

Reserve Tawny ports

Answer 36

7 yrs ageing prior to bottling Blend of vintages doesn't improve with bottle age

Question 37

Tawny with age indication

Answer 37

10/20/30/40 yrs Concentrated & developed character, truning more rancio with age High quality fruit, matured, freshened and blended Age claim in an approximation based on tasting by the panel

Question 38

Colheita Tawny

Answer 38

Vintage dated Minimum 7 years in cask. Usually aged much longer

Question 39

What is special about Calem Colheita Tawny Ports

Answer 39

Not bottled until order is recieved. Different bottles of same vintage may taste different due to that reason

Question 40

Subzones of Douro

Answer 40

Baixo Corgo Cima Corgo Douro Superior

Question 41

Styles allowed in port wines

Answer 41

Tawny Ruby Branco Rosado

Question 42

Minimum alcohol required for ports

Answer 42

19 to 22% - except Branco Levo Seco at 16.5%

Question 43

Minimum alcohol required for Porto Branco Levo Seco

Answer 43

16.5%

Question 44

Minimum RS allowed in any port

Answer 44

17.5 g/l

Question 45

Principal soils in Douro Valley

Answer 45

Schist

Question 46

Extra Secco Ports - Min/Max RS

Answer 46

17.5 g/l to 40 g/l

Question 47

Secco Ports - Min/Max RS

Answer 47

40 g/l to 65 g/l

Question 48

Meio Seco ports - Min/Max RS

Answer 48

65 g/l to 85 g/l

Question 49

Doce Ports - Min/Max RS

Answer 49

85 g/l to 130 g/l

Question 50

Muito Doce Ports - Min/Max RS

Answer 50

130 g/l and above

Question 51

Generally declared port vintages since 2000

Answer 51

``` 2000 2003 2007 2011 2016 2017 ```

Question 52

Generally declared port vintages in 1980's and 1990's

Answer 52

``` 1980 1983 1985 1988 1991 1992 1994 1997 ```

Question 53

Generally declared vintage ports in 1970's and 1960's

Answer 53

``` 1960 1963 1966 1970 1975 1977 ```

Question 54

What is Moreira da Fonseca method

Answer 54

The method of awarding points to vineyards for port production licences