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September 29, 2020

Refers to wines that taste dull and uninteresting. Often, this is because the wine lacks ACIDITY.

Vintage Ports are not fined or filtered

Answer: True.

To maintain the intensity, balance, and richness, Vintage Port is neither fined nor filtered. This, coupled with the fact that Port grapes have thick skins and a lot of tannin, means that Vintage Port throws a great deal of sediment, and always needs to be decanted.

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