This wine opens with an expressive and lifted bouquet where delicate floral notes, rose petals, orange blossom and honeysuckle — take centre stage, with a whisper of fresh mint adding an elegant finishing touch. As the wine opens up, vibrant red fruit aromas gradually emerge, weaving seamlessly through the floral layers to create a beautifully complex nose. On the palate, ripe red fruits burst forward with energy and precision, while lively peppery tannins add structure and a pleasantly tingling sensation. Bright, refreshing acidity runs through the wine from start to finish, lending it a wonderful sense of vitality and balance that makes every sip as inviting as the last.
Food-Pairing
The versatility has no limits. This LBV is delicious with chocolate desserts, especially when dark and bitter chocolate is used, foie gras, sublime with cheeses like Roquefort & Gorgonzola as well as Portuguese cheeses. Superb with cheesecake and main courses with fillet mignon (beef) or a veal dish with bearnaise sauce
This wine opens with an expressive and lifted bouquet where delicate floral notes, rose petals, orange blossom and honeysuckle — take centre stage, with a whisper of fresh mint adding an elegant finishing touch. As the wine opens up, vibrant red fruit aromas gradually emerge, weaving seamlessly through the floral layers to create a beautifully complex nose. On the palate, ripe red fruits burst forward with energy and precision, while lively peppery tannins add structure and a pleasantly tingling sensation. Bright, refreshing acidity runs through the wine from start to finish, lending it a wonderful sense of vitality and balance that makes every sip as inviting as the last.
Food-Pairing
The versatility has no limits. This LBV is delicious with chocolate desserts, especially when dark and bitter chocolate is used, foie gras, sublime with cheeses like Roquefort & Gorgonzola as well as Portuguese cheeses. Superb with cheesecake and main courses with fillet mignon (beef) or a veal dish with bearnaise sauce
Grapes: Tinta Barocca, Touriga Francesa, Touriga Nacional
This Late Bottled Vintage Port was produced from grapes sourced from Graham’s four vineyard estates located in various prime sites in the mountainous Douro Valley
If the overall rainfall levels for 2020 were reassuring, the temperatures were far from it. We had heat waves in June, August, and September, which registered multi-day spikes above the 30-year average maximum temperatures. According to IPMA, “Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera” (“Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere”), the period from January to mid-September 2020 was the warmest on record. The good news is that our indigenous varieties are well adapted to hot and dry Douro summers and demonstrate a variety of natural responses to challenging conditions (including reducing berry and bunch sizes and slowing down maturation). The Douro is a low-yielding region even in the bumper years, but 2020 has brought us an especially small crop. Our normal yields per hectare are four times less than many other wine regions. Fortunately, our reward for navigating these challenges has been that the unsettlingly low yields resulted in some incredibly concentrated and dark wines. My first impressions – confirmed by subsequent tastings – were of particularly promising lagares with balanced Baumés. A comparable harvest is 2009, which was also a very dry and hot year, with low yields that nonetheless delivered small quantities of intense, well-structured wines and ports. Charles Symington, Douro, 2020
Alcoholcontent
20%vol
pH: 3,7
Store & Serve
Best served in a reasonably sized port glass or a white wine glass. Serving temperature 14ºC/16ºC
keep upright at a constant temperature of 12 ° C. After opening, maximum 1 month shelf life.
Critics & Awards
17,5/20 - Grandes Escolhas Tasted: Oct 2025
91/100 - Falstaff Tasted: Apr 2026
Intense bouquet with notes of strawberries, chocolate, prunes and caramel. Mouth-filling on the palate, noticeable sweetness, subtle acidity, spicy finish.
