Mature Port and Food Pairing

Port is a fortified sweet wine that comes from Portugal’s Douro Valley.

Mature Port is a lot more versatile that we think, and here are a few suggestions to explore this unique style of wine.

• Traditional after dinner digestives, and cigar (Single Vintage or LBVs)

Cheese platters:

• Comté, aged Pecorino and Parmigiano (10, 20 and 40 yo Tawny Ports)
• Pont L’Evêque, Taleggio, or Brie de Meaux (Reserve Port)
• Valençay or Crottin de Chavignol (LBV, Late Bottled Vintage)
• Stilton, Gorgonzola, Shropshire, Roquefort (Single Vintage Port)

Chocolate desserts:

• Chocolate tarts, dark chocolate mousse with Ruby Port or Reserve Port

Nut desserts:

• Pecan Pie, Almond Cake, Pistacchio Biscotti, etc with Single Harvest Tawny Port

Modern approaches:

• Foie Gras and brioche with 20-year-old Tawny Port
• Pork Belly, Brisket, and Pulled Pork Sliders with Single Vintage Port
• Peking Duck with Old Single Harvest Tawny Port