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Fortis is our name for a wine that we used to call Vintage Port. We abandoned the name because ‘Port’ is actually related to Oporto in northern Portugal and the Portuguese have a right to the exclusive use of their locational name.

However, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery so we grow some classic Port varieties in Dunsborough where they do very well. These are Touriga, Tinta Cao and Souzao. We have made port from cabernet sauvignon and Shiraz but we prefer the Portuguese varieties for their strength of fruit flavour and absence of leafiness.

At one time Port was one of the few wine styles available to the sweet wine drinker. The industry has moved on in that respect and there are other ways to make sweet wines today than fortification to bring the alcohol up to 18%.

Over the years we have entered the fortified styles in the Perth show and done very well.

Port is an excellent drink at the close of the working day when ones mind turns to social activity. Port makes a strong connection to the laughing reflex.

Aging potential  20 years

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