Graham's Late Bottled Vintage Port 2020 no-wrapin

Graham's Late Bottled Vintage Port 2020 no-wrapinLate Bottled Vintage (also known as LBV) is, like Vintage Port, produced from a single vintage. The main point differing the two, is that LBV spends much longer in barrel. It is said that the style was born of a mistake, when a Vintage Port was kept in barrel for too long and was no longer suitable for release in that category. No one can agree who was responsible for this, and several Port estates lay claim to the honor. Over time, they have become

capsule good

The weather was a challenge right through the season and the best wines were crafted in the cellar

Much better than I thought it would be - silky red fruit

Yeilds were down in 2018 due to problems with frost

Ripe blackberry

In their old style bottle that was changed to the more traditional Bordeaux bottle for the 1979 vintage

did not immediately figure in the original list of 1855 but was added that year as a fifth growth following pressure on the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce by then-owner

2011 vintage was very successful in Italy

Intense dark fruit carries through to the palate

high in the Santa Cruz Mountains

I developed an appreciation of the style

In August 2011