First blended over 40 years ago it offered wine drinkers a new style of Port. Four-fifths of the blend is from youthful wines but the remainder is from more mature wines which give the wine roundness and a seductive, velvety feel. The overall effect is a vintage character Port, mellow and rounded on the palate with deep autumn fruit flavors. It is produced from grapes grown in the spectacular higher reaches of the Douro river in northern Portugal.
Port is a fortified red or white wine from the remote vineyards in Portugal's northern Douro River Valley. It is typically a sweet red dessert wine and also comes in dry, semi-dry and white varieties. The white ports are often served as an apéritif. Over a hundred varieties of grapes are sanctioned for Port production. The most widely cultivated varieties are:
Port wine adds a wonderful flavour as an ingredient in many dishes, both sweet and savoury. Read More...
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