Delaforce LBV 2016

Wine Enthusiast

Winewherever, Rasmus Christensen

Kraftig og seriøs LBV der har vintage portvinens intensitet og spændstighed, og samtidig LBV’s lettere tilgængelighed, som gør den til en virkelig indbydende på nuværende tidspunkt. Søde kirsebær, lakridsrod, julekryderrier, kraftige tanniner og en levende syre der er i flot balance.

Robert Parker

The 2016 Late Bottled Vintage Port is a field blend from old vines and comes in with 107 grams per liter of residual sugar. It was bottled with a bar-top cork in June 2020 after aging in tonels. This producer (the actual producer is Real Companhia Velha, which owns the brand) has a sibling wine in this report, the Real Companhia Velha Síbio. They are night-and-day different wines with the same price points, so choose your styles. The Síbio is richer and fruitier but less nuanced. This is more elegant, showing far more finesse. They both have power, but this might even have a bit more, along with better aromatics. This is less of a "wow" wine at first taste, but it probably wins in the end. My first pick was the Síbio, but I settled on this. They should both hold throughout the decade, maybe longer, but aging is not really the point here. Focused, intense and precise, this is very well done.

Wine Spectator

A core of gently mulled cherry and blackberry fruit has good definition, mixing with anise, fruitcake and bramble flavors along the way before ending with a tarry tug on the finish.

Vinhulen.dk

Rubinrød. Duften har blomme og mørke bær med detaljer af malt, lakrids og eksotisk krydderi. Smagen er sødmefuld og blød med blomme og mørke bær, krydderi, malt og lakrids og fast frugtsyre og rette bid. Dejlig fyldig og frisk i antrittet og snarere elegant end magtfuld med ganske lette bittertoner men meget lav på tannin. Drikker fremragende nu og de næste år. Virkelig god til prisen.

Vivino

Decanter

Ripe berry fruits, baked apples, and syrup with cinnamon and chocolate. Well-structure, with opulent fruit. Young and vibrant.