Port is 20 per cent alcohol, a fortified wine, so it tastes sharp on the back of the throat like whisky.
Port is made from blends of grapes.
You keep the best a long time.
Ruby port, (dark red port, aged in the bottle)
then reserve,
then special reserve,
then LBV late bottled vintage,
then Vintage (very old).
Port is made from blends of grapes.
You keep the best a long time.
Ruby port, (dark red port, aged in the bottle)
then reserve,
then special reserve,
then LBV late bottled vintage,
then Vintage (very old).
Tawny port spends a long time in a barrel, decades, darker colour from the barrel.
Portuguese wine
You can visit the house on the Mateus Rose bottle. It's in Northern Portugal.
http://www.casademateus.com/visita.htm
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