Port Wine Storage

Keeping the best conditions of your Port Wine

Port Wine Storage under the best conditions in order to maintain its properties and its best qualities, it is important for you, that have some bottles of magnificent Port Wine.

The Storage conditions depends on the type of Port Wine. For the Tawny Port Wine, Colheita and with the indication of age, the bottles must be stored in a vertical position. All other Port Wines must be stored horizontally.

Port Wine Storage

After a bottle of Port Wine has been opened, the period of time in which you should consume the Wine without loosing quality, varies depending on the type of wine.

These are the suggested periods.

Port Wine Vintage: 1 to 2 days
Port Wine LBV: 4 to 5 days
Ruby Port Wine: 8 to 10 days
Tawny Port Wine: 3 to 4 weeks
Tawny Reserve Port Wine: 3 to 4 weeks
Tawny Aged Port Wine: 1 to 4 months (younger less time; older more time)
White Aged Port Wine: 1 to 4 months (younger less time; older more time)

Storage Temperatures

The ideal Storage temperatures are the following:

White Port Wine:6-10ºC
Ruby Port Wine:12-16ºC
Tawny Port Wine:10-14ºC

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