1960 The U K B G Guide to Drinks (3 rd edition revised)

PORT

which mature in the Cask. They are always sold under the year of their origin, usually in plain bottles, unadorned by any labels. The only indication of the shippers' name is on the cork and on the seahng wax which seals the cork. Sometimes one may get the name sand-blasted on the bottle. A whitewash mark is usually placed on the punt end of the bottle to indicate that when the bottle is moved it should be replaced in position with the whitewjish mark upper most. This prevents the formation of a second "crust"on the side of the bottle. This crust is a perfectly natural process undergone by the wine, and does it no harm. With other wines this"Sediment" is removed by racking, which cannot be done with Vintage Port. Late Vintage Port.—A similar wine, except that it is bottled in its third year. Crusted Ports.—Either younger blended wines of a number of years, or wine made in other than vintage years, but bottled in the same way as vintage ports. Ruby, Medium and Tawny Ports.—It has been described previously how the wine loses colour with maturity, this used to be the method of denoting the difference in these wines, but the more modern method is to blend rubies with white port, thus accounting for the colour and saving the long storage expense. White Ports.—These are made from White Grapes but the wine is not white in colour. There is no difference in the manufacture of white and red ports.

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