Winery Jos James ForresterLBV Late Bottled Vintage Porto
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or sweet desserts.
Food and wine pairings with LBV Late Bottled Vintage Porto
Pairings that work perfectly with LBV Late Bottled Vintage Porto
Original food and wine pairings with LBV Late Bottled Vintage Porto
The LBV Late Bottled Vintage Porto of Winery Jos James Forrester matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, sweet desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style, quick chocolate fudge cake or penne with gorgonzola.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jos James Forrester's LBV Late Bottled Vintage Porto.
Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca
Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of LBV Late Bottled Vintage Porto from Winery Jos James Forrester are 0, 2008
Informations about the Winery Jos James Forrester
The Winery Jos James Forrester is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Douro
The wine region of Douro is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 1110 estates and châteaux in the of Douro, producing 4307 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Douro go well with generally quite well with dishes .
The wine region of Duriense
Duriense is a Portuguese wine region covering the same area as the Douro DOC and the Port wine region. In difference from Douro DOC, Duriense VR is a designation at the lower Vinho Regional (VR) level, which corresponds to table wines with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations, similar to a French vin de pays region. Thus, it is the simpler or less typical wines of the Douro region that are sold using a Duriense VR label. Before the creation of a separate Duriense VR, the Douro vineyards were Part of the former Transmontano/tras-os-montes">Trás-os-Montes VR, which is now called Transmontano VR and no longer includes the Douro vineyards.
The word of the wine: Aging on lees
Maturing on the lees enhances the stability, aromatic complexity and texture of white wines, which gain in body and volume. This phenomenon is induced by autolysis, the process of self-degradation of the lees.
