Sorry, I never made port. I looked into making it a while ago but
don't care for port that much but have some references, I'll post them
later.

Joe
wrote:
> I am making port and I have french cubes in the 5 gallon carboy
> according to the instructions. We put the port in Oct and we have
> racked it once. I have three questions:
> 1) should I rack again - how important is that to do with Port?
> 2) if I rack I will have more head space. Should I top off with another
> port or not worry so much because of the alcohol content?
> 3) As for the french cubes, I was planning on leaving them in there for
> a year, but I am wondering if they will need that long before maximum
> extraction.
>
> thanks
> marc