Port Wine Fonseca LBV Unfiltered 75cl
LBV – Late Bottled Vintage
The wines used to produce Fonseca LBV were drawn from a reserve of some of the best full bodied red ports produced at the 2008 harvest, from grapes grown on Fonseca’s own vineyards and on other top properties in the Cima Corgo and Douro Superior areas of the Douro.
These wines are aged in wood vats of 50 pipes (27,500 litres) capacity and then bottled after five years. A limited quantity of this outstanding blend was produced.
Late Bottled Vintage is bottled when ready to drink. This port benefits from being decanted before serving, as it is not filtered when bottled.
TASTING NOTE
Dense, dark chocolate and black fruit aromas with a touch of liquorice. Big, structured and textural palate. Bitter chocolate and blackberry fruit flavours. Heaps of volume and layers and layers of flavour. Wonderful mouthfeel and long finish.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
Fonseca LBV is the perfect finish to any meal. It benefits from being decanted and should be served in a generously proportioned wine glass so that its rich fruity nose can be enjoyed to the full. Excellent with fully flavoured cheeses, especially blue cheeses such as Stilton or Roquefort. It is also delicious with desserts made with chocolate or berry fruits.
IMBIBE
MAY 2012
“Sweet, rich, red berry nose, with vanilla and spice, leads to a youthful, sweet palate bursting with red fruit.”
