2011 Niepoort

[jdaw1]

We tasted some Broadbent Ports in the presence of Bartholomew Broadbent himself, on Wed 1^st May 2019 at The Boot & Flogger.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Broadbent Auction Reserve;
• 1994 Broadbent;
• 1997 Broadbent;
• 2000 Broadbent;
• 2003 Broadbent;
• 2007 Broadbent ;
• 2011 Broadbent ;
• 2015 Broadbent ;
• 2011 Niepoort;
• 1992 Passadouro;
• 1994 Skeffington (Davy’s);
• 1985 Fonseca;
• 1983 Gould Campbell;
• 1982 Smith Woodhouse LBV;
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planing and arrangements.

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90% opacity, deep purple. Big and tannic, pepper and dark fruit.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Darker purple colour that the Broadbent 2011, opaque at the centre. A wonderful nose full of delicious dark fruit. Silky texture with huge tannins giving a fine grained but firm grip. Full of fruit but now starting to be slightly out of balance between the fruit, tannins and acidity. The late palate still brings everything back into balance and is dominated by the powerful fruit. Big, fat, floral and fruit aftertaste followed by a dark chocolate finish. Wonderful. 95/100. Decanted 6 hours.