Porto Wine Vintage 2002

Porto Vintage of the Year 2002

Porto Vintage 2002 is intense, with an impressive deep purple colour and reveals strong aromas of berries (especially, raspberries and blackberries), with firm tannins and a balanced structure. By aging, it becomes smoother, but more elegant and complex, acquiring softer colours, distinctive aromas and body. It is perfect served with strong cheeses (Brie, Camembert, etc).

Alcohol Content: 20% Vol.
Acidity: 4,35g/dm³

Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Tinta Barroca.

Port wine of good quality and with good aging potential. Features a harvest date and generally is obtained from a blend of wines from that harvest.
The aging takes place in large vats, oak barrels or stainless steel vats for the oxidative evolution, that is extremely slow.
The L. B. V. is bottled between 31 of July of the fourth year and 31 of December of the sixth year after harvest.
In the category Late Bottled Vintage is also within the Port wine "Aged in the bottle" or Bottle Matured. This Port has high quality and ages in bottle for at least three years and therefore can create deposit.