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1977 Niepoort
Posted: 21:53 Mon 02 Jan 2012
by jdaw1
In honour of the presence in London of Dr Dirk Bruns, people gathered at the
The Crusting Pipe on Tuesday 3rd January 2012 to taste some 1977s. Links:
Re: 1977 Niepoort
Posted: 22:16 Wed 04 Jan 2012
by jdaw1
Re: 1977 Niepoort
Posted: 22:30 Wed 04 Jan 2012
by jdaw1
Ni77: red-pink, 25% opaque. Nose ‘dodgy’. The same bottle stick (?) in the palate, but the texture full of Niepoort unctuousness. Great texture; shame about the slight stink. Rather too late in the evening the stink had gone, and the flavour was good but delicate.
Re: 1977 Niepoort
Posted: 15:46 Fri 06 Jan 2012
by RAYC
Most evolved of 77s - this is not a young 77! Some bottle stink at outset, but faded over time to reveal dstinctive nose of burnt toffee (credit to AHB for identifying as i fumbled). Glorious texture - this is in a good place right now. Taking into account recent experience with
this and
this bottle - can definitely benefit from a generous decant.
**** (91)
Re: 1977 Niepoort
Posted: 09:34 Sun 08 Jan 2012
by Alex Bridgeman
Very deep orange colour, 70% opaque. Burnt toffee on the nose. Sweet and generous texture on entry bringing rich, sweet burnt toffee to the palate; lovely balance between fruit and acidity. Sweet and flavoursome aftertaste and a finish of good length. Tasty port with a really nice palate but perhaps just a touch too sweet. 88/100. 4.5 hour decant.
Re: 1977 Niepoort
Posted: 10:44 Sun 08 Jan 2012
by jdaw1
jdaw1 wrote:Ni77: red-pink, 25% opaque.
AHB wrote:Very deep orange colour, 70% opaque.
Another massive discrepancy.
Other discrepancies in
S77,
F77,
Mg77,
Cá77, and discussion later moved to
Quantifying opacity in TNs.