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1970 Niepoort vintage port
Posted: 00:16 Sat 09 Oct 2010
by Alex Bridgeman
From a Bordeaux bottle. Deep red in colour, 95% opaque. Showing lots of ripe pears on the nose (and DMS picked up cold meat). Medium bodied entry, a little too hot for comfort but with a lovely texture. Showing a modest amount of ripe cherry fruit. A dry aftertaste, with a hot start to the finish but then a long dryness of sweet cherry stones which turns sticky at the end. A very pleasant wine. 85/100. Drunk 25 September 2010.
Re: 1970 Niepoort vintage port
Posted: 03:24 Tue 11 Jan 2011
by jdaw1
In The Douro Valley with Friends, Harvest 2010:
- Friday 24 September 2010
- Saturday 25 September 2010
- Sunday 26 September 2010
- Monday 27 September 2010
Re: 1970 Niepoort vintage port
Posted: 03:27 Tue 11 Jan 2011
by jdaw1
Ni70: 60% opacity, glorious bright red with a hint of pink. Nose faint though ‟bright and awake”, with mint, maraschino cherry, and ‟lovely fresh sensations”. Alas the palate not as good as nose, being very acidic on the tongue. Needs time.
In the WOTN competition ranked third by me, unranked by everybody else.