1987 Niepoort
- Alex Bridgeman
- Graham’s 1948
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1987 Niepoort vintage port
From a half bottle. Deep and vibrant red colour. An unusual nose of mint and coriander, with the coriander overwhelming everything else for a while, but it did start to allow other flavours of dusty red cherries come through after some time in the glass. One of the most astonishing changes in smell that I have yet experienced in tasting vintage ports. Dusty red cherries and strawberry jam in the mouth. A nice acidic lemony structure with tannins still present but not dominant. Swallowing releases the alcohol but then the aftertaste of chocolate digestive biscuits steps in and stays for a while. My overall impression of this wine is that it was a little disappointing for a 1987. It is not a strong wine and is in the bottom quartile of VPs I would expect to drink this year, nor do I think it will develop and improve significantly so I rate this as 2/2 on Tom's scale or 87/100.
Last edited by Alex Bridgeman on 21:49 Thu 04 Sep 2008, edited 1 time in total.
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- RonnieRoots
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Re: 1987 Niepoort vintage port
From your note, it looks like this suffered a bit from being in half bottle. Normally the Niepoort 1987 is a very solid port for the vintage. I've tasted it 3 or 4 times and it usually scores around 90 points.
BTW, an impressive tasting of Niepoort ports! What was the occasion?
BTW, an impressive tasting of Niepoort ports! What was the occasion?
- SushiNorth
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Re: 1987 Niepoort vintage port
I had one of these a little while ago and what was most noticable was the rate at which it faded. It was fabulous and interesting (both nose and taste) when i opened the bottle, but lackluster a few hours later.
- Alex Bridgeman
- Graham’s 1948
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Re: 1987 Niepoort vintage port
The only occasion was a catching up on notes that I have written but not posted yet!RonnieRoots wrote:From your note, it looks like this suffered a bit from being in half bottle. Normally the Niepoort 1987 is a very solid port for the vintage. I've tasted it 3 or 4 times and it usually scores around 90 points.
BTW, an impressive tasting of Niepoort ports! What was the occasion?
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Re: 1987 Niepoort vintage port
I also polished off a bottle of the Niepoort 1987 recently and I would second AHB comments, strawberry jam mouth and a chocolate digestive aftertaste (I hope everyone knows what chocolate digestives taste like). More alcohol burn than I personally would look for and in the bottom half of port wines I wold drink.