Graham's Late Bottled Vintage Port is a superb wine selected from the finest production of a very good year, but unlike a ‘declared' Vintage Port - which is bottled in its second year, ‘LBV' matures for an average of 5 years in seasoned oak casks prior to bottling (hence the term, ‘Late Bottled'). This wood - ageing encourages the wine's development and it is therefore ready to drink sooner than Vintage Port.