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LBV (Late Bottled Vintage)

Some of the best grapes from a single harvest from our main property, Quinta Vale d’Agodinho. Aged for 4 years in seasoned balseiros to produce a soft yet deep and complex LBV with great aging potential.

2010

TASTING NOTES

Colour

Dark ruby

AROMA

Vibrant youthful aromas on the nose, such as raspberry and plum, with a spicy touch that adds extra complexity.

PALATE

On the palate is intense with lots of dark fruit and spice notes balanced by well structured tannins, leading to a long and firm finish.

PRESS COMMENTS & ACCOLADES

LBV 2010

89/100
Mark Squires

The 2010 Late Bottled Vintage Port is mostly a Big Three blend of Touriga Nacional (30%), Touriga Franca (25%) and Tinta Roriz (15%) with dollops of other familiar grapes in the region. Unfiltered and aged in 10,000 to 14,000 liter oak vats, it comes in at 100 grams per liter of residual sugar. Sourced from 2 Quintas in Cima Corgo (Trovisca and Alegria) and two in Douro Superior (Agodinho and Mos), it was bottled in May 2014. This will not win prizes for power or concentration, but it is a sentimental favorite in this report for a lot of reasons. Rich and chocolaty on opening and showing gorgeous fruit, this is a luscious LBV that nonetheless has penetration and nice structure underneath. It projects a feeling of fullness on the palate while it rounds into form. It is amazingly tasty. Its underlying gentility becomes more and more appealing with aeration. If it is not the most powerful and intense LBV, though it has real structure and should hold reasonably well in the cellar. I liked it more once it got to Day 2. It perhaps does nothing spectacularly well, but it does everything nicely and in harmony in an understated fashion. It should be well priced, too. Note: the label just uses “LBV.” February 2015.

Technical Information

Grape Varieties

Touriga Nacional (30%), Touriga Franca (25%), Tinta Roriz (15%) Tinto Cão (5%), Tinta Barroca (5%), Others (20%)

SPECIFICATIONS

Alcohol - 19,5% Total Acidity - 4,22(g/l) pH - 3,49 Residual Sugar - 89(g/l) Contains sulfites

Winemaking Details

Viticulture:
The long and very wet Winter helped to create the water reserves the vines needed during the very hot and dry days of August.

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

Aging:
Aged for 4 years in seasoned balseiros. Soft filtration and bottling in May 2014.

Winemaker:
Cláudia Quevedo

FOOD PAIRING

Chocolate, blue cheese

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