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Stilton cheese wine pairing

Stilton is a pungent blue cheese which is best paired with a sweet rich fortified wine.

Best pairing: Vintage Port

Vintage Port is a sweet and fruity fortified red wine made with top-quality grapes selected from a single vintage. It is produced exclusively in the Douro Valley in Portugal. It is less sweet than Tawny Port. Vintage Port is best drunk old (15–30 years of age). Characteristic flavours of chocolate, black currant and dried fruit.

Fortified dessert wine bottle

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14-17°C | 57-63°F

Notes of Chocolate, Blackcurrant and Fig

Where Vintage Port is produced

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