Kopke Late Bottled Vintage 2020
€ 23.42
| Producer | Kopke |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cão, Touriga Franca |
| Ageing | LBV, 4 years in large oak vats |
| Alcohol | 20%vol |
| Serving | 16-18°C Keeps up to a month once opened, with the original stopper and at about 12°C |
| Drinking window | Unopened, at least 20 years after the harvest |
A 2020 LBV: intense ruby-purple, with juicy wild fruit.
Tasting note
Intense ruby-purple. An exuberant, lively bouquet of jam and sweet ripe fruit. Full in the mouth, with very rich, juicy flavours of wild fruit. Full and powerful, with a delicious, lingering finish.
The story
An LBV (Late Bottled Vintage) is a Port of near-vintage quality from a single harvest, aged longer in cask and therefore already drinking well as soon as it is bottled.
Kopke makes its LBV from powerful, rich and fruity wines from the same harvest. The grapes are foot-trodden in granite lagares, and the wine ages for four years in large oak vats.
It is ready to drink now, but unopened it keeps for at least 20 years after the harvest. Store the bottle lying down, at a constant temperature and away from direct light.
Food pairing
Delicious with creamy and strong cheeses, chocolate and sweet desserts, or as an aperitif.
The producer
Kopke was founded in Porto in 1638 by the German merchant family Kopke, representatives of the Hanseatic League, and is the oldest Port house in the world. In 1922 the house bought Quinta de São Luiz, on the left bank of the Douro between Régua and Pinhão, with old vines of Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Tinto Cão. Kopke is best known for its Colheitas and old tawnies, drawn from one of the deepest stocks of old Port in the Douro.
Since 2006 Kopke has belonged to the Sogevinus group, renamed Kopke Group in 2025. Since 2022 Carla Tiago has been winemaker and master blender for all Kopke Ports.