Quinta do Infantado Late Bottled Vintage 2015 Unfiltered

€ 25.00

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Ruby in colour, with notes of black fruit and spices on the nose. The palate is fresh, fruity and spicy, full of round ripe tannins. The finish is long and deliciously fresh. The Ports from the Quinta do Infantado estate are singularly distinctive in their “meio-seco” (medium-dry) style. This Late Bottle Vintage wine comes from grapes in the Cima Corgo sub-region of the Douro Valley. The soils are pure schist with vines planted at 275 meters asl. LBVs are ruby ports that are vintage dated and are bottled after several years of aging in wood. They differ from vintage ports which are bottled after two years of cask aging as they are meant for much longer (bottle) aging before consumption. This LBV, by contrast, is ready to go now.

Late Bottled Vintage Port is a great way to enjoy high quality Port at bargain prices. This wine is not filtered before bottling, meaning it might continue to evolve a bit in the bottle, though it is not meant to be laid down. 

 

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 Roriz, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional

At Quinta do Infantado the grapes are trodden by foot and fermented in the traditional lagares. Fermentation lasted longer than many estates, resulting in drier wines. 77% ABV wine brandy was used to stop fermentation and the LBV was aged for 45 months in 100-year-old, 250 hectolitre casks before being bottled unfiltered. A blend of 30% Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), 30% Touriga Franca, 30% Touriga Nacional and 10% other indigenous grape varieties.

 

Alcoholcontent

20%

 

Store & Serve

keep upright at a constant temperature of 12 ° C. After opening, maximum 1 month shelf life.

Serve at 18 °C.

LBVs can be drunk immediately. LBV port has only a small amount of sediment in the bottle because they are already filtered. Vintage port must be drunk within 2 days, LBV, on the other hand, stays well for a month after the bottle is opened. Therefore, a LBV bottle often has a short cork cap that can be closed after opening. There are also a number of LBV ports with a long cork. These can be stored in a cellar or wine storage cabinet for a long time and can contain a little more sediment 

 

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Tags: Quinta do Infantado - Douro