What do you know about fortified wines?
Fortified wines are formed by adding distilled spirits to natural wines, with an alcohol content of 15%-20%.
Today, four fortified Wines are known: Madeira Wine from Portugal, Marsala Wine from Italy, Port Wines from Portugal and Sherry Wine from Spain.
Madeira comes from the Portuguese-ruled island.
In general, most Madeira wines are meant for cooking, but the better Madeira wines (mostly decades old) are meant for drinking.
Madeira is a light brown wine that can be either sweet or dry.
Its grapes are generally Sercial — dry and acidic;
Verdelho — semi-dry;
Bual — Rich taste;
Malmsey — a sweet grape variety.
Marsala is named after the place Marsala, located in the western part of Sicily, and is a wine that can be both sweet and dry.
The spirit is better for cooking than drinking.
Port comes from the Porto region of the Douro Valley in Portugal.
Port is a type of fortified red wine, which is divided into many different types of Port, namely Vintage Port, Ruby Port, Tawny Port and so on.
Vintage port is made from grapes harvested in the same year, and these grapes are the highest quality fruits of the year.
In general, vintage port is the most expensive of all port wines and usually requires aging.
Ruby port generally does not need to age after blending, and is one of the most approachable of all port wines.
Ruby red port is sweet with low tannins and ripe cherry flavours.
Tawny port is a blend of different vintages of port based on ruby red port, which needs to be aged for many years.
Sherry is made from the Palomino grape.
The color is light, but also dark;
The flavors range from dry to sweet.
The main sherry is fino — white, dry;
Manzania Sherry – white, dry, light;
White sherry – dark in colour with nutty flavour;
Orosso Sherry – brown, dry, rich taste;
Amoros – brown, sweet, good after meals;
Cream Sherry) – Sweet, suitable for drinking after meals.
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