Niepoort LBV Late Bottled Vintage 1981

Product Type: Vintage Port

£160.00; ~~£0.00~~; £160.00
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Late Bottled Vintage port is from a single year. The wine ages 4-6 years in old oak casks (opposed to Vintage that ages 2-3). LBV fills the gap between the rubies and the vintage ports since a Ruby Port should be drunk quite young and a great Vintage Port may need 15 to 20 years to really open up and show its splendour.

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Tasting notes

Taste profile

BodyFull

SweetnessSweet

AcidityMedium

TanninMedium

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Wine information

Vintage: 1981
Region: Porto
Appellation: Douro
Style: Red
Producer: Niepoort
Grapes: Touriga Nacional Touriga Franca Tinto Cao Tinta Francisca Tinta Amarela Sousao Tinta Roriz
Keeping: Several years.
Bottle: 75cl
Alcohol: 20.0%

Winemaking. At Niepoort, the tradition is to bottle the LBV’s four years after the harvest to retain all the freshness and fruit, characteristic of these wines.

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The producer

Niepoort Port

An independent company set up by Franciscus Marius van der Niepoort in 1842, the Dutch family were late to arrive on the port market scene compared to their already well established British competition. However, it was through very good relations with the native vineyard owners that has enabled Niepoort to produce four generations of quality port wine. Now...

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