2001 Quinta do Javali LBV Port

[Frederick Blais]

Quinta do Javali, Porto DOC

Late Bottled Vintage 2001: Something notable about this LBV is that it is aged for 2 years, of the required minimum of 4, in stainless steel vats helping it to keep all this fruit and freshness. Unexpected nose of marinade and lavender flavours dominating the first nose upon opening this wine. A few hours later is was gone and the typical dark concentrated fruity style for the traditional LBV were back. Elegant mouth, finely grained tannins coating the mouth gives us a rich texture, pure and ripe black fruits, long finish on liquorice and chocolate. One really good LBV I was offered to taste recently. 16/20+ Should retail around 25$
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