1948 Niepoort Garrafeira

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Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1875 Unknown colheita;
• 1927 Niepoort Vintage Port;
• 1942 Niepoort Vintage Port;
• 1945 Niepoort Vintage Port;
• 1948 Niepoort Garrafeira;
• 1955 Niepoort Vintage Port;
• 1960 Niepoort Vintage Port;
• 1963 Niepoort Vintage Port;
• 1964 Niepoort Garrafeira;
• 1966 Niepoort Colheita;
• 1966 Niepoort Vintage Port;
• 1970 Niepoort Colheita;
• 1970 Niepoort Vintage Port (Tall);
• 1970 Niepoort Vintage Port (Dumpy);
• 1975 Niepoort Vintage Port;
• 1977 Niepoort Garrafeira;
• 1985 Niepoort Vintage Port;
• 2007 Niepoort Pisca;
• 2008 Niepoort Pisca;
• Placemats.

[jdaw1]

1948 Niepoort Garrafeira, 20% opaque, and redder than the other Garrafeiras (1964, 1977). Others loved this wine, but for me it was swimming in ‟cloyingness”, early- to late-palate. Sweet, with an indistinct red fruit.