2015 Niepoort LBV
Posted: 21:30 Mon 06 Jul 2020
Bottled 2019.
+30 mins
95% opaque red juice. Red berry compote on nose, hint of warmth, passion fruit after a while. Panda liquorice on the front palate, then some loganberry, then cranberry muffin later. Lingering fruity finish. Fresh. Discernible but pleasant tannins. Some wood, very late.
+24 hours
Same appearance or possibly even slightly darker. Subdued summer pudding scent on nose (that bread-soaked-in-poached-red-fruit is quite distinctive). Poached plum on the front palate, spice- dentyne original chewing gum - on the mid-palate. Pears poached in red wine with star anise after that. Then blackcurrant and chocolate right at the end. Less abrupt on the finish than the 2014.
+96 hours
Served as a comparative sample, too quickly after extraction from the 'fridge (where it had been left loosely recorked in its original bottle). Nose and fruit both accordingly subdued. A bit of heat early and then poached red plums on the palate. Panda liquorice on the fairly long finish, nice balance with the tannins. Probably open a bit too long, but still refreshing and, my co-taster commented, really attractive despite the poor handling.
This is interesting port. Much more so, for me, than the 2014 LBV. Good value.
Tasted 05/07/20, 06/07/20, and 09/07/20 (with a co-taster).
+30 mins
95% opaque red juice. Red berry compote on nose, hint of warmth, passion fruit after a while. Panda liquorice on the front palate, then some loganberry, then cranberry muffin later. Lingering fruity finish. Fresh. Discernible but pleasant tannins. Some wood, very late.
+24 hours
Same appearance or possibly even slightly darker. Subdued summer pudding scent on nose (that bread-soaked-in-poached-red-fruit is quite distinctive). Poached plum on the front palate, spice- dentyne original chewing gum - on the mid-palate. Pears poached in red wine with star anise after that. Then blackcurrant and chocolate right at the end. Less abrupt on the finish than the 2014.
+96 hours
Served as a comparative sample, too quickly after extraction from the 'fridge (where it had been left loosely recorked in its original bottle). Nose and fruit both accordingly subdued. A bit of heat early and then poached red plums on the palate. Panda liquorice on the fairly long finish, nice balance with the tannins. Probably open a bit too long, but still refreshing and, my co-taster commented, really attractive despite the poor handling.
This is interesting port. Much more so, for me, than the 2014 LBV. Good value.
Tasted 05/07/20, 06/07/20, and 09/07/20 (with a co-taster).