Late Bottled Vintage 2010 Port Grape Varieties Traditional Port Varieties, Mainly Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa and Tinta Roriz from La Rosa’S a Graded Vineyards

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Late Bottled Vintage 2010 Port Grape Varieties Traditional Port Varieties, Mainly Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa and Tinta Roriz from La Rosa’S a Graded Vineyards Late Bottled Vintage 2010 Port Grape Varieties Traditional port varieties, mainly Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa and Tinta Roriz from La Rosa’s A graded vineyards. Production Notes owering in 2010 which meant low berry ‘set’. As a e following months, right up until harvest, were dry and relatively cool allowing for good homogenous ripening of the grapes. At the beginning of September, despite a mini heat wave (86°F), the grapes were ripe enough to consider picking. We had perfectly dry, sunny weather e meteoro- logical conditions in 2010 with moderate temperatures in the summer resulted in is gave the wines plenty of color, good e LBV 2010 port is made in the traditional man- ner trodden in granite lagares from grapes grown at Quinta de la Rosa. Some of the best port from that year is then kept back to make into our LBV. Maturation and Bottling Our LBVs are matured in large wooden casks called “tonels” in our own lodge for Unlike most port shippers, all products are are stored and bottled in the Douro (at La Rosa and not Porto), allowing full traceability and ensuring quality from grape to bottle. Tasting Notes e 2010 LBV has very lively, complex aromas with a mature, black plum, spicy, nish. It has good concentration without being too full bodied and fresh anks to the year and good acidities, the avors of ‘maturity and concentration’ are well integrated with ‘fresh- ned, wood undertones. La Rosa ports are always slightly drier than most, and the brandy is always well integrated. Serving Suggestions ltered and might throw a light sediment but should not require decanting. Delicious with dessert, especially chocolate, cheese or on its own. Run by Sophia and Tim Bergqvist, daughter and father, and ably assisted by Sophia’s brother, Phillip, Quinta de la Rosa has been in e family port shipping company, Feueheerd, was sold in the 1930s but La Rosa was kept and run by Sophia’s grandmother, Claire. In 1988 Sophia and her father, Tim Bergqvist, decided to restart the family business and launched Quinta de la Rosa as a top quality port producer onto the market place..
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