# Port

A protected fortified wine from Portugal's Douro region, made in styles ranging from youthful and fruit-led to wood-aged, dry white, and richly mature.

Parent category: [Fortified wine](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fortified-wine.md)

Alcohol: 20% ABV

## Types

- [Dry white Port](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-white-port.md): 20% ABV. A pale Port made from white grapes and fermented toward a dry finish, retaining fresh fruit, floral, nutty, and lightly fortified-wine character.
- [Ruby port](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/ruby-port.md): 20% ABV. A youthful red Port protected from oxidation during ageing, retaining deep colour and direct black- and red-fruit character.
- [Tawny port](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/tawny-port.md): 20% ABV. A wood-aged style of Port whose colour softens toward tawny and whose flavours develop toward dried fruit, spice, and oak.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/port
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/ingredients/port-a6e453cf.webp
- Source: https://www.ivdp.pt/en/wines/port-wines/introduction/