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LBV (Late Bottled Vintage)

This LBV Port was produced with some of the best grapes from our main vineyard. Aged for 4 years in seasoned balseiros, it gained the elegance, softness and complexity needed to be enjoyed now, but while holding great aging potential.

2016

TASTING NOTES

Colour

Deep ruby color with young purple edge

AROMA

Aromas are quite complex. Floral notes of violet, blueberry, black currant and the signature of our Vale D'Agodinho vineyard: aromatic herbs (like basil) gives it a pleasant wild touch.

PALATE

The palate is full and smooth, filled with perfectly ripe fruits flavours. Don't let the balance fool you, it is rich in tannins and its concentration can hold on to make this Port wine a sleeper for another 2 decades. It lingers on flavours of ripe black berries, dark chocolate bitter accents, ripe plums and spices.

PRESS COMMENTS & ACCOLADES

LBV 2016

91/100
Mark Squires

The 2016 Late Bottled Vintage Port (LBV) is a traditionally styled (lightly filtered but not cold stabilized) blend of Touriga Nacional (30%), Touriga Franca (25%), Tinta Roriz (15%) and small bits of others filling out the blend. It was bottled in April 2021 with a long cork and 96 grams of residual sugar. Sourced from 1983 vines, this spent two years in stainless steel before being transferred into oak for another two years. The difference between this and the LBV Porto Bio, also reviewed, could not be greater. This is lusher, sweeter (although still fairly dry), more developed and more expressive than the somewhat compact LBV Porto Bio. It certainly, however, lacks that wine’s purity of fruit. That Porto Bio often seems like the essence of the fruit. With the time in barrel, this regular LBV is also softer and easier to drink. I liked them both about the same, but if you are picking one for tonight, this is ready, while the Porto Bio is a bit undeveloped as yet. If for no other reason, that’s the answer, at least today. June 2021.

Technical Information

Grape Varieties

Touriga Nacional (30%), Touriga Franca (20%), Tinta Roriz (15%), Sousão (5%), Tinto Cão (5%), Tinta Barroca (5%), Others (20%)

SPECIFICATIONS

Alcohol – 19,5% Total Acidity – 3,72(g/l) pH – 3,73 Residual Sugar – 96 (g/l)

Winemaking Details

Viticulture:
Hand-harvested, sustainable and dry farmed grapes from owned vineyards.

Fermentation:
Totally destemmed grapes, followed by a slow fermentation with temperature control up to 27 ºC degrees.

Aging:
Aged for 4 years in seasoned balseiros. Soft filtration and Bottling in 2019.

Winemaker:
Cláudia Quevedo

FOOD PAIRING

Chocolate, blue cheese

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