2001 Rozès LBV Port -- .375ml

[Bjørn Tore Aastorp Ruud]

Color: Deep dark red with dark brown.

Nose: Mature picture, black plum, prunes, raisins, some spices and wood???

Palate: Medium to full bodied, good concentration, mature fruit as above, the wine has a long finish, firm in the end. Sweet but very dry, tough tannins and dryness from wood I think.

Foodmatch: Difficult

Cellaring: Nope

The wine is quite mature and developed, it has a lot of rough dry tannins and I think some dryness from oak. All the dryness makes the wine very unbalanced.

[Andy Velebil]

Is this the unfiltered? The 1994 Unfiltered I've had has finally started to come round and is drinking quite well. Thanks for the notes on this.

[Gustavo Devesas]

Bjorn altough this LBV 2001 was a deception in my opinion, belive me that one of the best LBV's I ever had was the classic LBV 95 UNF from Rozès, it's so interesting, pepery aftertaste, I still have 2 bottles back at my home, not at Vinologia, but if you ever come one day here to Porto and pass here I would be happy to open a bottle of that for us to taste!
The invitation is opened, next time you're here don't forget, I 'll be happy to show that Rozès makes some of the bests LBV and VP in the market.

[Michael M.]

B belive me that one of the best LBV's I ever had was the classic LBV 95 UNF from Rozès,

Gustavo, I agree 100%. A very good LBV. Only one bottle left in my cellar :wall:

What do you think about LBV 97 unfiltered? Buy or pass?

Cheers
Michael

[Moses Botbol]

Just bought at Rozes '94 LBV for $21.00 an NH Liquor Store. Haven't tried it yet, but based on what I have read here- I have big expectations.

How would this compare to Ferriera, Noval, or Warres LBV's?

[Bjørn Tore Aastorp Ruud]

Andy V.
This wine is filtered


Gustavo.
Thanks very much for the standing invitation. I was last in Porto in 2002, and hope to go there again sometime.

[Moses Botbol]

The 1994 Rozes LBV says Unfiltered on the bottle.

[Andy Velebil]

Just bought at Rozes '94 LBV for $21.00 an NH Liquor Store. Haven't tried it yet, but based on what I have read here- I have big expectations.

How would this compare to Ferriera, Noval, or Warres LBV's?

Moses,

I've posted a coupe of TN's on the forum in the past on the 1994. I would recommend a longer decant time. 8-12 hours.

A bit different style then the Warre's, but on par IMO. I'm not a big fan of Noval's LBV's so cannot comment there.