Graham’s – LBV Late Bottle Vintage 2017 75 CL 20%

Late Bottle Vintage Port – Douro Valley

Graham’s hits the plate again with warming, dark, sweet notes of cherry, a bit of blueberry jam, lighter spices and hints of chocolate. Note: It is not possible to choose a specific color box for this product. It is different which color box you receive.

This 2017 Late Bottled Vintage Port was produced from grapes sourced from four of Graham’s vineyards located in different locations in the mountainous and immensely beautiful Douro Valley. The year was unusually dry and hot, leading to a very early vintage with incredibly low yields. The low yield was translated into intense and concentrated, rich and sumptuous Port wines – beautifully balanced by the freshness provided by excellent acidity. The quality was so good, in fact, that Graham’s declared it a Classic Vintage Port anno 2017.

The box was designed using handmade, marbled paper, which reflects the craftsmanship and attention to detail that Graham’s put into the craft. The front and back labels are adorned with beautifully embossed details inspired by a combination of Porto’s wrought iron balconies and traditional Portuguese tiles called azulejos – a tribute to Porto’s charming streets.

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Wine Enthusiast
The Port, with its luscious texture and black fruits, is impressive and dense. Black fruits are given richness and spice by the spirit and the raisin flavors. With its light structure, it is ready to drink
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Wine Spectator
Inviting, with plum cake and steeped raisin and plum notes laced with licorice snap and fruitcake accents. There’s a solid spine for support, but this is approachable now. Try decanting or even giving a touch more time in the cellar.
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The Wine Advocate
The 2017 Late Bottled Vintage Port is a field blend bottled in 2022 with a bar-top cork and 113 grams per liter of residual sugar after six years in cask. (There will be no 2016 Graham’s LBV.) Elegant in the mid-palate (unlike its sibling, the Dow’s), this also has good structure, but it is a much better balanced wine. The big fruit of this fine vintage shines through, rendering this rather delicious. This has persistence and focus, plus all that tasty fruit. You can’t go wrong.

About W & J Graham’s
In 1820 the Graham brothers received 27 barrels of port wine as payment for unpaid debts. Selling them went so well that the two enterprising Scots developed a taste for the special wine. They decided not only to produce port, but to produce the best port in the entire Douro Valley. With this, W & J Graham’s was a reality.

Three centuries of port wine tradition and experience naturally give Graham’s a strong foundation – and ensure a number of values ​​which are still a cornerstone of the company. That is why the company’s motto is also ‘Do Not Forget’. Traditions, experience and knowledge are passed down from generation to generation, while the company also constantly focuses on innovation.

In 1882, the young Scotsman Andrew James Symington was hired, but after a few years he moved on to the world of port wine. But when Graham’s got into financial trouble in 1970 and needed a capital injection, Symington’s grandchildren took the opportunity to buy the house. Today, the Symington family therefore has a very central position in port wine and owns a number of the best houses. Today, it is thus five cousins ​​with roots going back to port wine production and the Douro valley all the way back to the 17th century, who take care of the production.

Favorite of Robert Parker
The legendary wine reviewer Robert Parker also had the following, very apt comment on Graham’s: “The most consistent producer of great port in the post World War Two Era”. Graham port wine, as the brand is often called colloquially, has a large selection of delicious port wines to offer. If you are in doubt about which Graham port to choose, you are more than welcome to contact our customer service for advice and help. But if you’re looking for good port, you’ll never go wrong with Graham’s – whether you’re going for the house prestige wine, 40 Years Old Tawny, or the excellent classic, The Tawny.

Traditional virtues
Grahams’ maintains that some of the port wines are produced using the completely traditional method, where the grapes lie in open, low vessels, the so-called lagares, while the employees step on the grapes with their bare toes. At the same time, however, Graham’s, as the first port wine producer, uses more modern versions of lagares, which work together with the traditional ones and give results that are as good, or often better, than the traditional ones.

Beautiful Douro
The Douro Valley is perhaps the most challenging terroir in the world. The area’s mountainous terrain and steep valleys ensure a number of small microclimates, each of which guarantees diverse, unique wines with great complexity and balance. Temperatures in the Douro drop below freezing in winter and are usually above 35 degrees in summer. These are harsh conditions, but in fact they are ideal for creating port wines with great power, complexity and fullness.

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189,00 DKK

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