Niepoort Vintage Port 1987
€ 200.81
| Producer | Niepoort |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão, Tinta Francisca, Trincadeira, Sousão, Touriga Nacional |
| Ageing | Vintage Port (a single exceptional year) |
| Alcohol | 20,5%vol |
| Serving | 16-18°C, open 2 hours ahead and decant, drink the same day Store lying down, at a constant temperature and away from direct light |
A 1987 Vintage Port, bottled in 1989 and still youthful.
Tasting note
Dark and youthful in colour for its age. Very soft and supple, with a long finish and a fresh, very rich aroma typical of a good Vintage Port.
The story
The grapes come from low-yielding old vines in the Cima Corgo. This Vintage was bottled in 1989.
At almost every Port house, the Vintage Port is the icing on the cake. Its magic differs at every stage: young, it is all about full, youthful fruit; after twenty years or more, all the elements merge into perfect harmony; and after many decades the ‘spirit’ of the wine takes over. It is already delicious young, as long as you decant it.
Food pairing
Ideal after a meal. Perfect with Queijo da Serra, Stilton, Roquefort, Gorgonzola and other blue cheeses, and delicious with all egg-based desserts.
The producer
Niepoort was founded in 1842 in Vila Nova de Gaia and has belonged to the Dutch Van der Niepoort family for five generations. For more than a century it was a Port shipper without vineyards of its own. That changed when Dirk Niepoort joined his father Rolf in 1987: that year the family bought Quinta de Nápoles on the Tedo, in the Cima Corgo, followed by Quinta do Carril in 1988.
With the first Redoma in 1991 Niepoort became one of the pioneers of unfortified Douro wine, and a new winery was completed at Quinta de Nápoles in 2007. Dirk Niepoort also works in Bairrada, the Dão, Vinho Verde and the Mosel, and his son Daniel joined him at the helm in 2020. The Ports age in the cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Critics & Awards
92/100 CellarTracker (10 notes)
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