1970 Niepoort

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jdaw1
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1970 Niepoort

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Part of The 1970 Horizontal (the definite article being most appropriate all hail organiser Axel P), in The RAF Club, 128 Piccadilly, London W1J 7PY, on Friday 30th January 2009.

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My notes from this session were lost. This had the typical VA signature of Niepoort VP. Not enough to put me off but that meant I had to drink AHB's glass as he didn't like it. I remember this to have been cloudy and nowhere near as good as the bottle I had in late 2008.
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Re: 1970 Niepoort

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A pity. From a good bottle this is a spectacular port. I can't recall any VA the one time I had it. I know StevieCage recently tasted this and rated it 98 points. I guess he was lucky to find a good bottle as well. :wink:
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RonnieRoots wrote:A pity. From a good bottle this is a spectacular port.
Absolutely. The bottle that Tom, Fred and I tasted with Dirk at Napoles in Oct 08 was simply stunning.
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Re: 1970 Niepoort

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1970 Niepoort: slight bitterness but lots of soft fruit. Good, but definitely junior to the Gould Campbell 1970.
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