2005 Niepoort Vintage Port
Posted: 14:58 Mon 30 Nov 2009
Tasted within the Niepoort Range on Nov 27th with Dirk Niepoort:
I had the 2005 numerous times and it never impressed me.
Very good structure with violet reflections. Nose showes some blackberry-jam-notes, not too expressive. The palate is full with some fruit, coffee and a little tannin noticeable. Fairly short aftertaste.
You can call this elegant Vintage Port, but for me it fails strength and some power, that a young VP needs to have at this stage
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Axel
For Dirk this is the best Port he ever made. Elegant and very long lasting. He said, that this will even outlast the 2003. A bet that I would be very interested in making.
I had the 2005 numerous times and it never impressed me.
Very good structure with violet reflections. Nose showes some blackberry-jam-notes, not too expressive. The palate is full with some fruit, coffee and a little tannin noticeable. Fairly short aftertaste.
You can call this elegant Vintage Port, but for me it fails strength and some power, that a young VP needs to have at this stage
16
Axel
For Dirk this is the best Port he ever made. Elegant and very long lasting. He said, that this will even outlast the 2003. A bet that I would be very interested in making.