Taylor's Chip Dry White Port

€ 19.40

Pale, straw colour. Delicate nose combining fresh fruit fragrances with the mellow aromas and hints of oak of a traditional white port. Fresh, lively palate, with good flavour and crisp, dry finish. Taylor’s was the first to pioneer dry white aperitif port. Chip Dry White Port was first blended in 1934, since when it has acquired a devoted following throughout the world. Chip Dry is made from selected dry white ports produced from grapes grown in the Douro Superior (the eastern area of the Douro Valley). Although several white grape varieties are used, the Malvasia Fina grape predominates.

Food-Pairing

Traditionally served chilled as an aperitif. It can also be drunk – poured over ice in a glass, topped up with tonic and a leaf of fresh mint. Accompanied by salted almonds or olives, it is the perfect aperitif

Grapes: Malvasia, Codega, Esgana Cão, Folgasão, Gouveio, Viosinho & Rabigato

Chip Dry is produced using the traditional port wine vinification method, brandy being added to the must to halt fermentation and to preserve some of the grape’s natural sugar in the finished wine. In the case of Chip Dry, the brandy is added later, when much of the sugar has been converted into alcohol, producing a port of unusual dryness. The individual wines are matured separately in oak vats for between four and five years and are then blended together shortly before bottling to give balance and character.

Alcohol content

19,5 %vol

Store & Serve

Serve chilled 6-10 °C

Shelflife up to a few months (4 to 6 months) after opening, provided you always close the bottle with the original stopper and keep it at a constant temperature of about 12 degrees

Critics & Awards

90/100 - Wine Enthusiast Voss Tasted: 30-Jan-2019

Commended - International Wine Challenge, 2018

Commended - International Wine Challenge, 2016

Commended - International Wine Challenge, 2015

87/100 - Jamie Goode Tasted: 2-Jan-1990

83/100 - CellarTracker

Tags: Taylor's - Douro