Quinta

Literally farm. In Portugal, the word quinta is used to refer both to a specific vineyard and to a wine estate. Quinta do Noval, for example, is the name of a highly regarded wine estate in the Douro region. Ports known as single vintage quinta Ports come from grapes grown on a single estate in a single year.

A cuvee is a wine made from one specific variety of grapes.

Answer: False.

False. “Cuvée" is simply the French word for blend. For example, the cuvée of a red wine may be made up of cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc. A cuvée may also (in the case of Champagne and sparkling wines) be a blend of many still wines that will ultimately (after a second fermentation in the bottle) become the bubbly.

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