Sandeman Late Bottle Vintage 2014

High quality wines of the 2014 vintage were carefully selected and blended to create the strong, full, fruity character of Sandeman's Late Bottled Vintage 2014. Unlike vintage ports, late bottle vintages are typically aged in wood for about four to six years before they are bottled. This late bottle vintage was aged for about 4 years and then bottled without filtration, maintaining the style of a single harvest wine. At release, Sandeman LBV 2014 shows an almost opaque, ruby color. On the nose, this wine has great complexity and intensity, with prominent notes of spices, such as black pepper and ginger, along with hints of balsamic, cedar and tobacco box, splashes of black fruit and a dash of cocoa resulting from its excellent maturation. On the palate, the wine has firm tannins and a lively acidity, with further notes of black fruit and spices, such as black pepper, that invites a long and harmonious finish.