Taylor's LBV Port

What is LBV Port?

LBV is Late Bottle Vintage port that has been aged for 4-6 years before being bottled. Aged in large oak barrels it helps the wines to be approachable and ready to drink upon release to market. Basically the winemakers do all the extra aging and hard work for you so it’s ready to enjoy.

Port is made from Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Touriga National and Tinyo Cão black grape varieties that are high in tannin with black fruit and floral qualities.

This Taylor Fladgate 2015 LBV is rich with prunes, raisins , vanilla bandied cherry, blackberry ,chocolate ,red plum, raspberry ,violet ,fresh fig ,cinnamon ,nutmeg , pepper and brown sugar . Sweet, rich and well balanced Port.

A classic and savory gourmet pairing is Aged Port with Blue Cheese such as Stilton, Roquefort, Gorgonzola and Fourme d'Ambert are the classic, but a well-aged, powerful cheddar can also work well.

Sweet pairing - sea salt fudge brownies, raspberry truffles, molten chocolate lava cake or as I paired dark chocolate chip oatmeal cookies.