Late Bottled Vintage Ports are wines of excellent quality, originating from a single harvest indicated on the label. These wines are bottled between the fourth and sixth year after the harvest—unlike Vintage Ports—and benefit from considerable ageing in oak vats, which gives them a smoother palate, ideal for consumption while still young. The LBV from Quinta das Carvalhas is produced from selected parcels of old vines, planted on the estate nearly a century ago.
Drink or Store up to 15–20 years
14 a 16ºC
Field blend of Indigenous grape varieties in unspecified percentages
The grape clusters are destemmed, and the grapes are lightly crushed before being directed to the lagar. The alcoholic fermentation process begins spontaneously after a few hours of foot treading or gentle remontage. When about half of the sugar has fermented, the fortification process begins. In the spring, the wines are transferred from the cellar in the Douro to the ageing warehouses in our cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia. The wines dedicated to the LBV blend are aged in old oak vats for a period of 4 years before bottling.
The grape clusters are destemmed, and the grapes are lightly crushed before being directed to the lagar. The alcoholic fermentation process begins spontaneously after a few hours of foot treading or gentle remontage. When about half of the sugar has fermented, the fortification process begins. In the spring, the wines are transferred from the cellar in the Douro to the ageing warehouses in our cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia. The wines dedicated to the LBV blend are aged in old oak vats for a period of 4 years before bottling.
