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Port is a sweet fortified wine from the grapes growing on the deep valley walls sloping down to the Douro River in Portugal. Port is made from up to about 40 grape varieties, most of which are red. After a brief fermentation to about 6% alcohol, the still fermenting grape must is poured off into larger containers holding spirit, which kills the yeast and stops fermentation. The young wine is then shipped from the vineyards to the Port houses in Oporto, where it stays in barrel for a year or two. At that time a "vintage" can be declared, and the Port bottled with a vintage designation.
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 The dark red color of this Port
highlights the intense fruity aroma, which is balanced by a slightly
vegetable scent. An outstanding vintage complementing a full body and
agreeable tannins.
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Bottle ports mature in bottle after two years of cask aging. They will age for decades in the bottle, softening and maturing, and will develop sediment as they receive no filtration prior to bottling. Wood-aged Ports all have stopper corks.
Though Port had been crafted in the Douro Valley of Northern Portugal for
centuries, it was the British merchants of the 17th and 18th centuries who
helped transform Port (or Porto as the Portuguese call it) into one of the
world's finest of wine selections.
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