Niepoort Port Colheita 2000

€ 61.00

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A colheita port wine with a beautiful brick red-brown color. An aroma of dried and candied fruits, plums and apricots. It also reveals a hint of smoke and caramel. Rich and complex in the mouth, with fruit and fine spices, and a very lively acidity that contributes to the long pleasant aftertaste

 

Red color, with brick red reflections and brown rim, it shows great aromatic concentration with dried fruit notes, crystalised fruits, with plum and apricot hints. It also shows a slightly smoked and caramelized feel. In the mouth, is rich and complex, with fruit and fine spices notes, with a quite vivid acidity which contributes to a long and pleasant finish.

   

Food pairing

Can be drunk as a dessert wine with coffee and vanilla ice cream. Also delicious with fruit tarts and crème brûlée. Sublime with dried nuts, dried fruits such as raisins, peaches, apricots. This port can also be drunk slightly chilled as an aperitif

 

Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Amarela, Sousão, Tinta Roriz

The grapes were trodden in lagares at Vale de Mendiz winery and the ageing took place in Vila Nova de Gaia cellars, in 550 liters pipes. The 2000 harvest gave birth to great wines, dense and tannic, though fine and elegant, with the vineyards exposed to North, which gave them great freshness and acidity. At Niepoort, Colheitas are bottled, at least with 10 years of ageing, but this Colheita 2000 deserved some more years in order to achieve the perfect balance in its evolution, which the Master Blender considered to have happened in 2014. For this reason, we started to bottle the wine the very same year. 

   

Store & Serve

Serve at room temperature. Can be stored and drunk for 6 to 8 weeks after opening 

 

Alcoholgehalte

20,5 %vol

pH: 3,52 

Critics & Awards

17,5/20 - Jancis Robinson

4,1/5 - Vivino (66 reviews)

    

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