Graham's Late Bottled Vintage Port 2020

Graham's Late Bottled Vintage Port 2020Late 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

Tasting Note 31/12/2019 -90 Points

Shipped by Barton & Guestier and bottled in the UK by Hedges & Buttler as was fairly standard in those days

velvety mouthfeel

and elegant blackcurrant and raspberry fruit still lingering

but this is seldom used

and cheeses

with this being pre 1945 when they started changing the label each year

In the years following the French revolution

since its purchase in 1897 by the great grandfather of the current owner

relying on the skill of the winemaker

although not quite reaching the highest of 1961

A well respected Saint Estephe Cru Bourgeois property owned by Cordier