Niepoort Port Colheita 2003
€ 78.34
| Producer | Niepoort |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Amarela, Sousão, Tinta Roriz |
| Ageing | Colheita (single harvest), at least 7 years in cask |
| Alcohol | 20%vol |
| Serving | At room temperature Keeps 6-8 weeks once opened |
A 2003 Colheita: dried plums and apricots.
Tasting note
A lovely brick red, reddish-brown colour. A well-integrated aroma of dried fruit and a unique flavour reminiscent of dried plums and apricots, with an elegant, long finish.
The story
A Colheita is a tawny from a single harvest that ages for at least seven years in cask before bottling. A wonderful wine on its own, at the end of a meal or by the fire on a cold winter afternoon.
Food pairing
As a dessert wine with coffee and vanilla ice cream, fruit tarts and crème brûlée. Sublime with nuts and dried fruit such as raisins, peaches and apricots. Lightly chilled, also as an aperitif.
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.
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