Question:

What is port?

Cerca del puerto

El vino de Oporto es un vino de especialidad que es un vino tinto o blanco hecho con las variedades de uva que crecen específicamente en el valle del río Duero, en el norte de Portugal. El sabor de los intervalos de puertos de frutas y dulces a los complejos y seco. Una combinación de cinco variedades de uva de entrar en vino de Oporto: Touriga Nacional, Tinto Cao, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz y Touriga Francesa. Puerto suele disfrutar antes o después del plato principal. Los tipos de puerto: Puerto de Ruby: una mezcla de varias cosechas que pasa un mínimo de dos años en barriles muy grande antes de ser embotellado. Tiene un color rojo intenso y un sabor muy afrutado. Tawny: una mezcla de varias cosechas que pasa dos a siete años de envejecimiento en barrica. Tiene un color caoba y un sabor seco y sabor a nuez. Aged Tawny: Se puede tener una edad de 10 a más de 40 años. Tiene un sabor sutil, refinado. Colheita: un puerto Tawny elaborado con uvas de una sola cosecha. Años de edad como mínimo siete años en barricas. Estos vinos son de color ámbar oscuro y muestran un coñac? Gusta el calor y sabor a nuez muy matizada. Blanco Puerto: a partir de una mezcla de jugo de uvas blancas y algunas veces incluso rojo. Se pasa dos o tres años en barrica. Puerto Blanco es conocido por la creación de una bebida refrescante llamada de bienvenida puerto. Una mancha de puerto se hace con partes iguales de oporto blanco y el agua tónica se vierte sobre hielo, con un toque de limón. Puerto con costra: un tipo de Ruby con una mezcla de vinos de diferentes años que pasa tres años en barrica y luego se añeja en botella. Este puerto debe ser decantada, ya que, como su nombre indica, hay un sedimento o "costra" en la botella compuesto de piel de la uva, semillas y tallo. Vintage Character: una alta calidad de Ruby mezcla que de cuatro a seis años en una barrica. Puerto Vintage es granate oscuro o del color del rubí y exposiciones de diversos grados de dulzura, suave y que se ablandan con la edad. Puerto quinta individual: con vino de una viña. Después de la edad de dos años en madera que se embotellan y pasan de cinco a 50 años de maduración. La etiqueta indicará el año de cosecha y la fecha de embotellado. Puerto quinta individual tiene un complejo y refinado gusto. Puerto de crianza: proviene de una sola cosecha de calidad excepcional y se embotella después de dos años en madera. Este es uno de los más buscados después de los vinos en el mundo. Late-vintage embotellada: a partir de uvas cultivadas en un solo año. De cuatro a seis años en la madera antes de embotellar. Al igual que los puertos de la vendimia, que necesita debido a la decantación de sedimentos.

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