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#104 Churchill's Port Wine tasting review (cask finishing) & Scotch Test Dummies

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Channel: Scotch Test Dummies · 2015 · Entertainment

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This Finest Reserve Port is a house blend of premium wines produced from the same top grade "A" vineyards from which Churchill's vintage ports are sourced.

Finest Reserve Port is excellent served with fruit or chocolate desserts (dark chocolate truffles) and soft cheeses( Brie or Camembert), or on its own after a dessert course.

Finest Reserve retains the structure and fresh fruit of a young vintage but has been softened by its age in wood and filtration prior to bottling.

The technique of cask finishing:
Here’s how it works.  After barrels used to age wine are emptied, some of the wine’s essence remains in the wood. When those barrels are refilled with a spirit, the spirit brings some of the prior fill out of the wood, adding subtle flavors and color to the spirit in the barrel.

Casks that previously held Port and Sherry are the most sought after for finishing spirits, followed by Sauternes and Madeira. However, distillers are also experimenting with vessels that previously held Bordeaux, as well as Zinfandel, Grenache, Cabernet and Chardonnay.

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