Things You'll Need:
- Port wine glasses
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Step 1
Know the basics of port wine. Port is allowed to ferment and macerate for several days. After this period, the wine is fortified with brandy.
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Step 2
Learn about Tawny port. Tawny ports are wood-aged anywhere from 10 years to more than 40 years and are generally produced by blending different port wines to make one batch.
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Step 3
Discover what makes Colheita so special. Colheita port must be aged for a minimum of seven years in casks before bottling. This extra time spent in wood casks lends to Colheita's delicate flavor characteristics and aromas.
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Step 4
Understand Colheita's flavor characteristics. Colheita has a dried fruit and toasted wood aromas with flavors of honey, caramel and toasted almonds with a soft and silky mouth-feel.
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Step 5
Become acquainted with Colheita's other known names: Single Vintage Port, Single Harvest Year Port, Harvest Dated Port and Single Harvest Reserve.
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Step 6
Understand how to read the label. Although Colheita is sometimes labeled as Single Vintage Port, an actually vintage year is forbidden from being printed on the label. The label has two dates: the harvest year and the year it was bottled.
