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Seleccionado
Wine that is at least three years old and less than five years old, with the kind of taste profile you would expect of a wine of that age.
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Rainwater
Wine of maximum five years, with the kind of taste profile you would expect of a wine of that age. The colour should be somewhere between gold and light gold, and the dry extract should be 1,0150 g/ml or less.
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5 Anos, 5 Years or Reserva
Wine of minimum five and maximum ten years, with the kind of taste profile you would expect of a wine of that age. The label may bear the name of the grape variety.
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10 Anos, 10 Years, Reserva Especial or Reserva Velha
Wine of between 10 and 15 years, with the kind of taste profile you would expect of a wine of that age. The label may bear the name of the grape variety.
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15 Anos, 15 Years or Reserva Extra
Wine of between 15 and 20 years, with the kind of taste profile you would expect of a wine of that age. The label may bear the name of the grape variety.
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20 Anos, 20 Years
Wine of between 20 and 30 years, with the kind of taste profile you would expect of a wine of that age. The label may bear the name of the grape variety.
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30 Anos, 30 Years
Wine of between 30 and 40 years, with the kind of taste profile you would expect of a wine of that age. The label may bear the name of the grape variety.
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Mais de 40 Anos, More than 40 Years
Wine of minimum 40 years, with the kind of taste profile you would expect of a wine of that age. The label may bear the name of the grape variety.
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Solera
Wine with distinctive characteristics, originally aged in the canteiro system for a minimum of five years. It then became part of a specific collection of casks (lote) from which a quantity not exceeding ten per cent (from each cask) is drawn off each year for bottling. The casks are topped up with wine of similar quality. This can be done up to ten times, after which all the wine can be bottled at once. Note, however, that the date on a bottle of Solera is always that of the original base wine.
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Colheita
Blended from wines that must be at least 85% from the specified vintage and at least 85% from a single grape variety (all the grapes used must be on the list either of recommended or authorised grapes). It must be aged for a minimum of five years. The label must indicate vintage and bottling date.
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Frasqueira
Blended from wines that must be at least 85% from wines of the specified vintage in and from a single recommended grape variety or from a blend of recommended varieties as long as one of them constitutes 85% of the blend. The wine must have been aged for a minimum of 20 years in wooden casks. The label must indicate vintage and bottling date.
