A beautiful port, full of round, soft flavours but with an optimal structure. Intense aromas of ripe fruit with fresh plums, raspberries, aromatic herbs and violets. On the palate it is very dense and structured, with bold flavours, cinnamon spices, ripe yet smooth tannins. Pretty and persistent with a sweet and seductive long finish.
Perfect paired with aged beef, aged cheeses such as stilton, dark berry desserts and chocolate.

Drink now or keep, will age up to 10 years.

This Late Vintage Port or LBV is so called because all the fruit is harvested from the one year's crop, it is made entirely from grapes harvested in a specific year from a variety of vineyards. It is then aged for 4-6 years before being bottled. Although it cannot compete with Vintage Port in terms of intensity and concentration, the best LBVs of which this is one, boast ripe rounded fruit with a velvety character and a smooth finish.

Quinta de La Rosa's LBVs are matured in large wooden casks called "tonels" in their own lodge for 4-6 years until ready for bottling. Unlike most port shippers, all products are stored and bottled in the Douro (at La Rosa and not Porto), allowing full traceability and ensuring quality from grape to bottle. This port is powerful and structured but at the same time full bodied and supple. This LBV is a perfect example of the aromas and flavours that come from grapes from the Douro when transformed into port wine.

Unlike some producers Quinta de la Rosa do not filter their LBVs preferring to intervene as little as possible consequently there may be a slight sediment. A quality LBV such as this attempts to mimic vintage port in terms of character and style but ultimately at a more approachable price bracket and all without the need for many years of bottle ageing and the need to decant before enjoyment.

"The 2019 Late Bottled Vintage Port, closed with a cork, was produced with a combination of old-vine field blends and Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca and Tina Roriz grapes. It is serious, harmonious and balanced, with subtle elegance, and there's a nice balance between fruit and spice. This is polished and sleek, approachable but with stuffing to last in bottle. It comes in with 94 grams of sugar. 6,700 bottles and 24,000 half-liter bottles produced. It was bottled in 2024. Drink to 2033."
91+ points.
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate (April 2026)