How to Buy a Colheita Port Wine
Pronounced coal-yate-a, this port wine is a vintage-dated tawny with specific bottling rules and regulations that enhance its delicate flavors and characteristics. Buy a bottle of Colheita port wine when you are looking for that extra special after-dinner drink. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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Tips & Warnings
Choose this port wine as a sweet alternative to your typical after-dinner drink.
Serve Colheita at room temperature or slightly below room temperature, around 70 degrees.
Drink Colheita from a port wine glass to fully experience its flavors and aromas.
Sip wisely. Port wine is higher in alcohol content than regular wine, around 19 to 22 percent.
Fill the glass only halfway when serving port or you will not be able to appreciate its bouquet and aroma.
Don't be alarmed at the slightly green tint of an old port. When port is aged for long periods of time, it is normal for it to take on a greenish hue.
