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Olde Fort Port

Olde Fort Port Wine Details
Price: $19.99 per bottle

Description: Made in a non-traditional way, this 100% Chambourcin port comes to you fermented (not fortified) to 19% alcohol. Unfiltered, this after dinner delight will please your palate, as well as your eye, where rich ruby red hues foretell of lingering flavors reminiscent of fresh ripe berries and black licorice. $15.99

Varietal Definition
Chambourcin:
A french-american hybrid used to make red wines with fruity flavors and some herbaceousness. Grown in the cooler regions of Eastern U.S. and Canada. Decreasing acreages also found in Europe; due to stringent European Union rules these varieties cannot be blended with traditional varieties.


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