Port and Fortified Wines
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU
Cumières Rouge Traditionnel, Champagne Geoffroy
Bottle 75cl £30.18
2016 Croft, Croft
Bottle 75cl £50.57
Ratafia René Geoffroy, Champagne Geoffroy
Bottle 50cl £28.18
2000 Fonseca, Fonseca
Bottle 75cl £78.57
2016 Quinta Do Noval, Quinta Do Noval
Bottle 75cl £65.57
2016 Fonseca, Fonseca
Bottle 75cl £61.57
Taylor's Historic Reserve, Taylor's
Bottle 100cl £40.15
2000 Fonseca, Fonseca
Bottle 75cl £77.18
TASTING NOTES
The blend consists of 95% Tempranillo from 40-year-old vines in Las Cuevas, El Palo and Las Monjas in Rodezno, complemented with 5% Graciano from the Montecillo estate in Fuenmayor. The Graciano gives the wine an aromatic intensity and acidity, to carry the structure and elegance of the Tempranillo. The grapes are vinified separately in four-and-a-half-year-old American oak for three years, and...
more2012 Gran Reserva Viña Arana, La Rioja Alta S.A.
Bottle 75cl £35.08
Case 3 x 100cl £120.46
Taylor's Historic Reserve, Taylor's
Bottle 100cl £40.15
Bottle 50cl £28.18
Case of 6 £169.08
Ratafia René Geoffroy, Champagne Geoffroy
Bottle 50cl £28.18
Case of 6 x 75cl £297.42
2007 Vintage Port, Quinta do Vesuvio
Bottle 75cl £49.57
Case 6 x 75cl £303.42
2016 Croft, Croft
Bottle 75cl £50.57
Case 6 x 75cl £369.42
2016 Fonseca, Fonseca
Bottle 75cl £61.57
Case 6 x 75cl £393.42
2016 Quinta Do Noval, Quinta Do Noval
Bottle 75cl £65.57
Case of 6 x 75cl £441.42
2011 Warre's Vintage Port, Warre's
Bottle 75cl £73.57
Case of 3 x 75cl £1,808.04
2004 Nacional, Noval
Bottle 75cl £602.68
Fortified Wine Process
Not only does fortifying wine helps to preserve it, but the process also adds distinct flavours. A neutral grape spirit is added to the wine before fermentation, which kills yeast, and leaves behind a residual sugar. The result is a sweeter and stronger wine than most
Port Wine
One of the best known types of fortified wine is port. The name port wine can only be given to those produced in the Douro Valley in northern Portugal. Port wines are typically fortified with aguardente for sweetness and to boost alcohol content. The most commonly used grapes for port wine production include: Tinta Barroca, Tempranillo, Tinto Cão, Touriga Nacional and Touriga Francesa. The four main types are Ruby, Tawny, White and Rosé – ruby port is the type most commonly produced.
At Armit Wines, we stock a number of vintage ports, which are produced with the intension of being aged. Often, vintage port is produced in stainless steel barrels before bottling, and should then be left for at least 10 years, until ‘proper’ drinking age.
Explore our full fortified wine list, including our port wine online, and order yours today.