🍷 White Port
Also known as: White Port, Porto Branco, white Porto
Port made from white grapes, from dry to very sweet.
White port is a fortified wine from white grapes made in the Douro Valley in Portugal. Like ordinary port, it is made by stopping the fermentation of the juice with grape spirit, so sugar stays in the wine.
White port uses Portuguese white grapes: Malvasia Fina, Viosinho, Gouveio, Rabigato and others. The wine ranges from dry to very sweet. Dry white port is light, with notes of citrus and nuts, and is drunk chilled as an aperitif. Sweet is better with desserts.
There are also aged white ports. They come at 10, 20, 30 and 40 years of age, their colour becomes golden or amber and their taste nutty and complex.
White port is the base of the portonic cocktail: it is mixed with tonic, ice and lemon. It is one kind of port and belongs to Portuguese wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍷 White Port → made in → 🗺️ Portuguese wine → kind of → 🗺️ Wines of Europe → kind of → 🍷 Wine
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- Part of
- 🍷 Port
- Where it is made
- 🗺️ Portuguese wine
- Similar and different
- 🍷 Graham's Fine White, 🍷 Graham's Extra Dry White, 🍷 Warre's White, 🍷 Dow's Fine White, 🍷 Delaforce Fine White Port, 🍷 Fonseca Siroco, 🍷 Fonseca White Port, 🍷 Kopke 10 Years Old White Port, 🍷 Kopke 20 Years Old White Port, 🍷 Kopke 30 Years Old White Port
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🍷 Kopke 40 Years Old White Port, 🍷 Kopke 50 Years Old White Port, 🍷 Kopke Colheita White Port, 🍷 Kopke Colheita White Port 2011, 🍷 Kopke Colheita White Port 2010, 🍷 Kopke Colheita White Port 2009, 🍷 Kopke Colheita White Port 2008, 🍷 Kopke Colheita White Port 2007, 🍷 Kopke Colheita White Port 2006, 🍷 Kopke Colheita White Port 2005, 🍷 Kopke Colheita White Port 2004, 🍷 Kopke Colheita White Port 2003, 🍷 Kopke Colheita White Port 2002, 🍷 Kopke Colheita White Port 1935, 🍷 Kopke Fine White & Dry Port, 🍷 Kopke Fine White Port, 🍷 Kopke Lágrima White Port, 🍷 Niepoort White Port, 🍷 Niepoort Dry White Port, 🍷 Niepoort Dry White Rabbit Port, 🍷 Niepoort Fabelhaft White Port, 🍷 Niepoort 10 Years Old White Port, 🍷 Niepoort Colheita White Port, 🍷 Niepoort Colheita White Port 2012, 🍷 Niepoort Colheita White Port 1968, 🍷 Noval Extra Dry White Port, 🍷 Noval Fine White Port, 🍷 Noval Lágrima White Port, 🍷 Sandeman Porto Fine White, 🍷 Sandeman Porto Apitiv Reserve White, 🍷 Sandeman Porto White 10 Years Old, 🍷 Port, 🍷 Portonic
Frequently asked questions
Which grapes go into white port?
Portuguese white grapes such as Malvasia Fina, Viosinho, Gouveio and Rabigato.
Is it true that white port is always sweet?
No. It ranges from dry to very sweet: the dry kind is light, with citrus and nutty notes, while the sweet kind suits desserts.
Is there aged white port?
Yes, at 10, 20, 30 and 40 years, golden or amber with a nutty, complex taste.
What to read next
- 🍷 Kopke Colheita White Port — Kopke Colheita White Port: the White Colheita Port line of Kopke; years on this site: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 1935.
- 🍷 Kopke Colheita White Port 2011 — Kopke Colheita White Port 2011: a White Colheita Port from the 2011 harvest, by Kopke.
- 🍷 Niepoort Colheita White Port — Niepoort Colheita White Port: the White Colheita Port line of Niepoort; years on this site: 2012, 1968.
- 🍷 Graham's Fine White — Graham's Fine White: a White Port from Graham's.
- 🍷 Graham's Extra Dry White — Graham's Extra Dry White: a White Port from Graham's.
Similar
🍷 Crusted Port · 🍷 Garrafeira Port · 🍷 Rosé Port · 🍷 Ruby Port · 🍷 Late Bottled Vintage Port · 🍷 Tawny Port
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