Niepoort Port Colheita 2008

€ 43.00

A brick-red appearance with some light orange tinges leads into a fine slightly smokey aroma with hints of dried fruits. The palate is refreshing, with wonderful acidity and hints of dried apricots and crystallised fruit, leading to a lengthy mellow spirit driven finish.

Colheita port wines are Tawny porto's from a single harvest and have been stored for at least seven years before being bottled. A Colheita port is a beautiful wine on its own, and can be drunk at the end of a meal or on a cold winter afternoon in front of the fireplace

Food pairing

Can be drunk as 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. Slightly cooled, this port can also be drunk as an aperitif

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

2008 was an excellent year in the Douro wine region, rains occurred during the spring and early part of the Summer, allowing soils to maintain good water levels until the harvest and the cooler conditions throughout the growing season coupled with a dry and relatively cool July and August led to a later harvest. The low yields due mainly to rain during flowering, were also important to obtain quality fruit with great acidity, freshness and balanced sugar levels - perfect for the Niepoort style.

The grapes were foot-trodden in lagares with 100% stems and fortified at our port production centre in Vale de Mendiz and aged in our cellars at Vila Nova de Gaia, in old 550L barrels.

Store & Serve

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

Alcoholcontent

20 %vol

pH: 3,55

Critics & Awards

Tags : Niepoort - Douro