Cockburn's Anno is a Late Bottled Vintage port (or LBV), a style of port that is made entirely of wines harvested in a single year, from multiple vineyard properties. The vintage may or may not have been "declared" by the port house. While true Vintage Ports are aged in cask for two years, LBVs are aged four to six years in cask before bottling. Therefore, they are more mature and fully developed when bottled, with well-rounded flavors and a smoother finish. No further bottle aging is required. Additionally, LBVs are lightly filtered before bottling, eliminating the need to decant the wine.

LBV ports are created in the style of classic Vintage Port, maintaining the vibrant fruit and rich tannins of the noble Portuguese grape varieties, but have a softer, smoother taste and are ready to enjoy at a much earlier date.

CURRENT VINTAGE:
1998 ANNO

WINEMAKER NOTES

The 1998 LBV shows good intensity and dark red depth of color. It has a clean, intense nose, overlaid with plum and red fruit aromas and notes of chocolate. This wine is big on the palate, with well-balanced acidity and tannins, has good body and volume with a long finish. It exhibits balanced fresh fruit and gripping tannin; the final impression is intense, silky and round. This wine pairs wonderfully with blue cheeses like Stilton or Roquefort or strong Portuguese cheeses such as St. Jorge (Azores) or Serpa (Alentejo). As an aperitif, enjoy with marcona almonds that are roasted with salt and olive oil, hazelnuts or chestnuts. Consider it with a good p’té or jamón Ibérico (smoked ham) and for dessert with a chocolates tart or cake.

WINE STATISTICS

WINEMAKER: Jim Reader
APPELLATION: Douro Valley
COMPOSITION: Touriga Nacional(40%), Touriga Franca(20%), Tinta Barroca(20%),
Tinta Roriz(15%), Tinto Cão(5%)
FERMENTATION: 50% stainless; 50% granite lagares
ACID/pH: 0.48/3.50
ALCOHOL: 20%
RESIDUAL SUGAR: 10%
RELEASED: December 2004
IMPORTED CASES: 1300

• 1997 ANNO
• 1996 ANNO
• 1995 ANNO