Articles tagged with: Port
Late bottled vintage, or LBV as it’s usually called, is a ruby port which only contains grapes from the best years aged in oak for 4 or 5 years, then bottled. This LBV is unfiltered for the biggest fruit flavour available for this wine. Although it is ready to drink straight away it will keep in the bottle for a good while and, although not strictly necessary, I find decanting to get a little air into the wine really helps.
Taken from aged tawny wines from all their estates, this wine is expertly blended to show off the amazing almond / spice / wood flavours that tawny is famous for. There is very little fruit to hide any of the subtle nuances. I find the most amazing factor of the wine is the lack of overpowering spirity flavour which can be experienced in other ports of a similar age.
Tawny ports are aged in oak giving them a less dark, more reddish, light brown colour hence the name. The wood ageing also gives them a more subtle vanilla, nutty taste.
Made with the grapes solely from the Quinta de Ervamoira, a unique vineyard in the Duoro Superior but blended with different aged tawny to make an average of 10 year old.
Aged for an average of 20 years but contain a small amount of the oldest tawny port Ramos Pinto have. Using the grapes only from Quinta do Bom Retiro the oldest property. The port wine is extremely balanced and shows terrific length. Winning awards every year, this wine is the best example of what tawny can be. The blending “artists” very carefully create this complex wine and keep the quality consistent every year. Our most popular tawny, it is available in two sizes to appeal to every budget (50cl or 75cl).

