Niepoort Late Bottled Vintage Port 2015
Type | Fortified |
Grapes | Tempranillo, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional |
Country/Region | Portugal, Douro |
Vintage | 2015 |
Alcohol | 19.5% |
Product number: 363512
£22.50
Price per bottle
Elegant, balanced and fresh, with a long intense finish - Niepoort's LBV will
pair beautifully with Stilton, mature cheddar or parmesan, dates and bitter
chocolate (try with chocolate covered figs!).
Late Bottled Vintage Port is from a single year. The wine ages 4-6 years in old
oak casks (opposed to Vintage that ages 2-3). LBV fills the gap between the
Rubies and the Vintage Ports since a Ruby Port should be drunk quite young and a
great Vintage Port may need 15 to 20 years to really open up and show its
splendour. This led to the idea in the 1960s to age the wine 4 to 6 years in
large casks before bottling it, thereby producing a wine with the style of a
Vintage Port with its deep colour and concentration of fruit, but with a more
mature character caused by the longer ageing in wood.
pair beautifully with Stilton, mature cheddar or parmesan, dates and bitter
chocolate (try with chocolate covered figs!).
Late Bottled Vintage Port is from a single year. The wine ages 4-6 years in old
oak casks (opposed to Vintage that ages 2-3). LBV fills the gap between the
Rubies and the Vintage Ports since a Ruby Port should be drunk quite young and a
great Vintage Port may need 15 to 20 years to really open up and show its
splendour. This led to the idea in the 1960s to age the wine 4 to 6 years in
large casks before bottling it, thereby producing a wine with the style of a
Vintage Port with its deep colour and concentration of fruit, but with a more
mature character caused by the longer ageing in wood.