Cocktails with Pink port
Pink port is a fortified wine made in the Port style, produced as a rosé through brief skin contact with red grapes.
ABV20%
Taste profile
Aromas of red berries and cherry lead into a sweet, fruit-forward body with soft acidity and a clean, uncomplicated finish.
How it's used
Poured as a sweet, low-proof modifier or a chilled base, it adds berry fruit and body; stirred or built over ice, and often lengthened, it works in modest measures rather than as a full spirit pour.
Substitutes for Pink port
A rosé or lightly aged tawny-style fortified wine of similar sweetness and weight.
Description
A lightly coloured member of the Port family, it comes from the Douro region of northern Portugal, where the base wine is fortified with grape spirit; short maceration draws only a pale pink tint from red grape skins, and it is bottled young without extended cask ageing.
Storage
Once opened it slowly oxidizes; refrigerate and use within a few weeks.
