1970 Niepoort
- Alex Bridgeman
- Fonseca 1966
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1970 Niepoort vintage port
From a Bordeaux bottle. Deep red in colour, 95% opaque. Showing lots of ripe pears on the nose (and DMS picked up cold meat). Medium bodied entry, a little too hot for comfort but with a lovely texture. Showing a modest amount of ripe cherry fruit. A dry aftertaste, with a hot start to the finish but then a long dryness of sweet cherry stones which turns sticky at the end. A very pleasant wine. 85/100. Drunk 25 September 2010.
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: 1970 Niepoort vintage port
In The Douro Valley with Friends, Harvest 2010:
- Friday 24 September 2010
- 1960 Fonseca (α alpha);
- 1963 Graham (β beta);
- 1963 Taylor (γ gamma);
- 1977 Graham (tregnum) (δ delta);
- Saturday 25 September 2010
- 1970 Niepoort (η eta);
- 1977 Gould Campbell (θ theta);
- 1970 Warre (ι iota);
- 1960 Dow (κ kappa);
- 1970 Dow (λ lambda);
- 1958 Warre (μ mu);
- 1934 Warre (ν nu);
- Sunday 26 September 2010
- 1963 Fonseca (Ï„ tau);
- 1966 Fonseca (Ï… upsilon);
- 1970 Fonseca (φ phi);
- 1977 Fonseca (χ chi);
- 1994 Vesuvio (ψ psi);
- Monday 27 September 2010
- 1992 Quevedo colheita (а a);
- 1994 Quevedo colheita (б be);
- 1996 Quevedo colheita (в ve);
- 2000 Quevedo colheita (г ge);
- 2004 Quevedo LBV (д de);
- 2008 Quevedo Quinta Vale D’Agodinho (е ie);
- 1970 Offley Boa Vista.
Re: 1970 Niepoort vintage port
Ni70: 60% opacity, glorious bright red with a hint of pink. Nose faint though ‟bright and awake”, with mint, maraschino cherry, and ‟lovely fresh sensations”. Alas the palate not as good as nose, being very acidic on the tongue. Needs time.
In the WOTN competition ranked third by me, unranked by everybody else.
In the WOTN competition ranked third by me, unranked by everybody else.