Late Bottled Vintage
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich blue cheeses like Stilton, dark chocolate desserts, and slow-roasted game dishes.
✨ Technical Specifications
Osborne's Late Bottled Vintage Port bridges the historic Spanish heritage of the Osborne family with the deeply rooted traditions of Portugal's Douro Valley. Sourced from classic terraced vineyards carved into the steep schist slopes of the Douro, this LBV is crafted from traditional varieties like Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, and Tinta Roriz. Unlike classic Vintage Ports, which age briefly in wood, this LBV is matured in large oak vats for four to six years before bottling. This extended wood aging coaxes out rich, dark fruit flavors, velvety tannins, and a supple structure, offering the depth of a vintage-style Port but with immediate accessibility upon release.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1772 by English merchant Thomas Osborne Mann, Bodegas Osborne stands as one of the most storied and enduring dynastic houses in the Marco de Jerez. Headquartered at the historic Bodega de Mora in El Puerto de Santa María, the house benefits from a coastal microclimate shaped by the Guadalete estuary and cooling Atlantic poniente breezes, which temper humidity and foster dynamic biological and oxidative maturation. While Palomino Fino and Pedro Ximénez grapes originate primarily from the white, moisture-retentive albariza soils of top pagos such as Balbaína, Osborne's cellar mastery centers on its monumental criaderas y soleras. Under the direction of celebrated enologist and master blender Marcos Alguacil, the bodega preserves an extraordinary repository of historic casks, including rescued ancestral criaderas from Pedro Domecq. Osborne's fortified pinnacle is expressed across revered VORS and Rare Solera bottlings—exemplified by Sibarita Oloroso, Palo Cortado Capuchino, Amontillado Solera AOS, and Pedro Ximénez Solera 1827—alongside legendary Solera Gran Reserva brandies.
🍇 Grapes
Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cão