Colheita Port is a tawny port made from grapes from a single harvest. It’s aged in casks for a minimum of 7 years, then bottled. The label will indicate both the vintage and the bottling years. Storage Hints Aging Colheita Port after bottling won’t improve it any.
Late Bottled Vintage (LBV) Port is made from wine from a single year, but instead of being aged from its second year onward in bottles, it is aged 2 to 6 years in a cask. Once bottled and sold on, it doesn’t need aging, is ready to drink, and doesn’t need decanting because any sediment…
Make sure that, if the glasses you serve this in are thin, you give your guests a paper napkin to hold the glass with owing to the heat.
Port is a strong, sweet wine. Grapes are fermented, then a grape alcohol (basically, brandy) is added at a certain point to stop the fermenting. This ensures that some sugar remains to make the wine sweet, plus kicks up the alcohol content a bit. The alcohol content of port will be about 20%, compared with…
A dead easy but great tasting Pâté for the winter months.
Ruby is the lowest grade of port. It is a blend of ports, wood-aged for a couple of years. It has a fruity flavour and a deep red colour. Ruby is an inexpensive port. Practically speaking, it will do for most recipes that call for port, and is a good one to keep on hand….
You make this in a roasting pan while what you have roasted is resting on a carving board, covered.
Tawny is a blend of ports, wood-aged in barrels for many years. It has a brownish, tawny colour — thus, its name. Before Tawnies are bottled, they are “revived” with the addition of some younger port. The age on a bottle of Tawny — 10 years, 20 years, etc — is the average age of…
Vintage Ports are made from a single Port blend, and aged. They are usually the most expensive Ports. They are not produced every year; only in years that the producers feel are exceptional years. When you buy a bottle of Vintage Port, you usually need to age it yourself for at least 12 years. Once…
White Port, made from “white” (green) grapes, is actually yellowish in colour. It is wood aged for a few years, then refreshed with a younger White Port before being bottled. It is generally served chilled or on the rocks as an aperitif. Storage Hints Store opened bottles of White Port in the refrigerator or in…
