Fortified wine
By method
Fortified wine gets a dose of grape spirit during or after fermentation. The spirit lifts the alcohol to 15 to 22%. When it is added early, it stops the yeast and leaves the wine sweet.
Base grapes
- Touriga Nacionalviolet, dark fruit, powerful
- Palominoneutral, light, best as sherry
- Pedro Ximénezblack, syrupy, raisin and fig
- Tinta Negra Molesoft, neutral, the Madeira workhorse
- Muscat of Alexandriagrapey, floral, honeyed, often sweet
- Sercialbone dry, searing acid, nutty as Madeira
- Verdelholively, lime, tropical, zesty
- Boalmedium sweet, smoky, caramel, as Madeira
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Sources
Facts: Wikipedia, Fortified wine (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata Q722338 (CC0). The description, the grape list and the bands are ours.