Niepoort Complete
Posted: 18:35 Sun 21 Nov 2010
Well it started out to be the first try to do a Vintage Port tasting in Germany.
Since Niepoort did declare quite a lot over the decades I was down to 1963 for the first part last year, as it turned out to be and invited Dirk to join as well.
Well, Dirk arrived and we had:
2007 Pisca Cask sample
2005
2003
2000
1997
1994
1992
1991
1987
1985
1983
1982
1980
1978
1977
1970
1963
Dirk brought a 1863 Colheita for Dinner and promised that there was a second part of this tasting with his elder ports. He supported this second tasting with a lot of ancient bottles from his cellar and we had:
2008 Pisca cask sample
2007 Pisca
1985, 3 bottles of which all were crabby
1977 Garafeira
1975
1970 Colheita, Vintage Port out of the bulky and normal bottle
1966 Colheita and Vintage Port
1964 Garafeira
1963
1960
1955
1948 Garafeira
1945
1942 out of a litre bottle
1927
Having attended these two very special tasting I do think I have a rough idea of what a Niepoort port is like
Summary: A brilliant line of declarations. Yes 75 is pale, but still enjoyable, the 63 is not really a blockbuster, but you do not really find a weak spot in the line, except that the 85 is widely infected. To my statistics 1 out of 6 bottles is good, which makes it rather expensive. However the 45 is the best 45 on the market (of the ones that I have tasted so far), 27 is full alive, 55 is brilliant. 66 and 70 are definitely price/value winners (if you can get hold on these).
I try to summ up the TNs soon, but here are some pics:
and one more down there:
Axel
Since Niepoort did declare quite a lot over the decades I was down to 1963 for the first part last year, as it turned out to be and invited Dirk to join as well.
Well, Dirk arrived and we had:
2007 Pisca Cask sample
2005
2003
2000
1997
1994
1992
1991
1987
1985
1983
1982
1980
1978
1977
1970
1963
Dirk brought a 1863 Colheita for Dinner and promised that there was a second part of this tasting with his elder ports. He supported this second tasting with a lot of ancient bottles from his cellar and we had:
2008 Pisca cask sample
2007 Pisca
1985, 3 bottles of which all were crabby
1977 Garafeira
1975
1970 Colheita, Vintage Port out of the bulky and normal bottle
1966 Colheita and Vintage Port
1964 Garafeira
1963
1960
1955
1948 Garafeira
1945
1942 out of a litre bottle
1927
Having attended these two very special tasting I do think I have a rough idea of what a Niepoort port is like
Summary: A brilliant line of declarations. Yes 75 is pale, but still enjoyable, the 63 is not really a blockbuster, but you do not really find a weak spot in the line, except that the 85 is widely infected. To my statistics 1 out of 6 bottles is good, which makes it rather expensive. However the 45 is the best 45 on the market (of the ones that I have tasted so far), 27 is full alive, 55 is brilliant. 66 and 70 are definitely price/value winners (if you can get hold on these).
I try to summ up the TNs soon, but here are some pics:
and one more down there:
Axel