There was a booth which must be from AXA Millisme (from the wines showed) in that frustrating tasting. They had both the LBV as well as the conventional vintage port from the same year (2007) on show. Now this presents an interesting opportunity to taste an LBV against its own vintage of the same year (and estate). Just because both wines are from the same vintage and estate does not mean that the blend is the same for the two. Indeed, since the end charactersitics of the two wines are different, one would expect notable difference is both the grape as well as the sites for the fruit going into the different wines.
Although the vintage port had been decanted and aired for 2 hours prior to tasting, a spirity nose was still unavoidable. It was thus a touch surprising that the LBV just as hot and spirity on the nose, even with the extra barrel aging. The acid was less apparent on the palate with the LBV compared to the vintage, but the backbones were both spirity, sweet and acidic.
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