For The Love Of Port

I've heard much debate about what was the first LBV. Now we have a single quinta LBV from Graham's, so I suspect some sleuth will dig up an earlier version. But this is the first I can recall.

Have you seen pricing on it Eric? I assume it'll be at a premium price to most LBV's. My guess is $40 in the U.S.

Quinta do Noval have occasionally been releasing a single Quinta LBV for some years, alongside the version made with grapes bought in.

Crasto’s LBVs are obviously single Quinta, as are Devesa’a and a host of other, smaller producers with just one property.

But Graham’s have made a nice publicity splash about theirs.

Filtered or Unfiltered?

Eric Ifune wrote: ↑Mon Oct 27, 2025 2:46 pm Filtered or Unfiltered?

The Graham’s? Filtered.

That would be consistent with their regular LBV which has been filtered at least for the past 25 years (or more). Same with the Dow's & Cockburn's. I think the Symington's Warre's is their only unfiltered LBV. Someone with more knowledge, correct me if I'm wrong, please.

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Wed Oct 29, 2025 7:22 am That would be consistent with their regular LBV which has been filtered at least for the past 25 years (or more). Same with the Dow's & Cockburn's. I think the Symington's Warre's is their only unfiltered LBV. Someone with more knowledge, correct me if I'm wrong, please.

IIRC Smith Woodhouse is also unfiltered.

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Tue Nov 04, 2025 2:01 pm IIRC Smith Woodhouse is also unfiltered.

Yes, it typically has been. I didn't bring it up because I don't think it is an "active" product. We can only hope.

Glenn E. wrote: ↑Tue Nov 04, 2025 2:01 pm

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Wed Oct 29, 2025 7:22 am That would be consistent with their regular LBV which has been filtered at least for the past 25 years (or more). Same with the Dow's & Cockburn's. I think the Symington's Warre's is their only unfiltered LBV. Someone with more knowledge, correct me if I'm wrong, please.

IIRC Smith Woodhouse is also unfiltered.

I completely forgot about them even though I have a handful of their LBV's. Thanks for the catch.

Grahams LBV is very lightly filtered. It will throw sediment if left long enough.

Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Wed Oct 29, 2025 7:22 am That would be consistent with their regular LBV which has been filtered at least for the past 25 years (or more). Same with the Dow's & Cockburn's. I think the Symington's Warre's is their only unfiltered LBV. Someone with more knowledge, correct me if I'm wrong, please.

Slightly confusingly, Warre make both a filtered and an unfiltered/ bottle matured LBV. Both are good, but the bottle matured version is a proper, serious Port which can mature for 20+ years.

There are dozens of SQLBVs and Alex B. already expressed this admirably. Why this Graham's is anything special, or more than just a nice marketing strategy is anyone's guess. I generally prefer some of the other Symington LBVs, always in the past, Smith Woodhouse, unfiltered, and Dow's which were typically filtered, but on rare occasions released Unfiltered LBVs too.