Niepoort Vintage 1970

Product Type: Vintage Port

£290.00; ~~£0.00~~; £290.00
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Vintage Port must be bottled within two or three years of the harvest date. The magic of Vintage Port is different in every phase: as a young wine it captures the youthful fruit characters. Then, after 20 years or more, the effects of the slow bottle age integration are revealed and finally, after many decades, the spirit dominates the wine.

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Tasting notes

Taste profile

BodyFull

SweetnessSweet

AcidityMedium

TanninMedium

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Wine information

Vintage: 1970
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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