Quinta de la Rosa Late Bottled Vintage Port, Douro, Portugal

羅莎遲裝瓶年份波特酒

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The 2014 Late Bottled Vintage Port was bottled in 2018 with a long cork. It is unfiltered and comes in at 100 grams of residual sugar. This, tasted from a regular 750-milliliter bottle, seems very unlike most of my encounters with this brand, which have always been from a 500-milliliter bottle with a bar-top cork. It is much more expressive, better representing a traditional style. Even though this is from a tricky vintage, it is showing beautifully. Indeed, granting that they were not side by side, I might like it more than the 2014 Vintage Port previously reviewed. This shows reasonable depth, classic flavors and a fine, expressive finish. It should age well too. I did not get a price, but the 500-milliliter bottle typically runs around $23.

The 2013 Late Bottled Vintage Port is a blend from old vines that comes in with 98 grams per liter of residual sugar. It is unfiltered, but that bar-top cork and the 500ml size (from which this was tasted) sometimes give the wrong impression on its vinification methods. (It also comes in a 750ml size with a long cork, more suitable for aging.) This is not the biggest or most powerful LBV, but it has enough substance and some power. Its fruit is simply delicious, making it easy to love. This is a nice performance, suave and harmonious, while still a little exuberant in flavor. There isn't a lot of concentration, but it should age reasonably well if you have a bottle with a long cork. However, it certainly does not need to be cellared. The price applies to the 500ml bottle.

The 2010 Late Bottled Vintage Port is a field blend aged in tonels. It comes in at 97 grams per liter of residual sugar. La Rosa's PR says, "The style is slightly drier than some houses with a freshness and acidity on the palate. We work hard to ensure that there is little brandy 'burn' and that it is well integrated with the wine element of the port." The price references a 500ml bottle, from which it was tasted. This is a tasty LBV that is soft and harmonious, but well structured enough to seem serious on Day 2. After the first rush of sweetness, it dries quickly (as predicted) and it shows impeccable balance amid all those rich flavors laced with seared chocolate. Fairly dense on the mid-palate, the lively finish has very ripe tannins; just enough so the wine seems neither dull nor boring. It should be a crowd-pleaser, satisfying to all levels of drinkers. It doesn't, however, have much in the way of a backbone. It will best be drunk young, however long it theoretically lasts.

In its memorable dumpy bottle, this LBV is full of sweet ripe fruits, soft tannins and perfumed acidity. The texture is firm and structured at the end. Drinkable now, but worth aging for a year or two. ——R.V.(12/31/2011)—— 88

A big, bold wine that has enough concentrated fruit almost to be a Vintage. It is firm, structured, the sweetness contrasting with a dense, dry streak. Dry raisins, spice, sweet candied orange and a mineral character are all part of this impressive wine.——R.V.(2/1/2009)—— 90