Stage 4
Other Styles of Wine
Key Facts - Port
| Production | Generally red. Addition of grape spirit interrupts fermentation so that unfermented sugars remain. Then aged in oak before bottling |
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| Styles | Ruby, Reserve Ruby, LB (Late Bottled Vintage): Ruby colour; red and black fruit and spice aromas; full bodied and sweet with high alcohol and little or no tannin. Drink young |
| Vintage, Single Quinta Vintage and Traditional Style LBV: As Ruby etc, but more intense, complex fruit and medium or high tannins. Can age but throws a deposit and needs decanting |
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| Tawny: Light style of Port made by blending young ruby and white Port Reserve Tawny: Tawny colour; complex fruity and nutty oxidative aromas; sweet with little or no tannin. Drink shortly after bottling; no need to decant |