2017 Niepoort Porto Late Bottled Vintage

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  4/7/2024 - flse Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Cherry, not to sweet, but not that much aftertaste

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  12/18/2023 - Poussin Does not like this wine: 84 Points

  I was a bit disappointed with this. Was hoping for lots of dark berries and ruby character, but I was hit with an overwhelming note of camphor in the nose, which (admittedly) is a personal pet hate of mine. My friend actually quite enjoys it, so he gets to finish the bottle.

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  11/24/2023 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Unfiltered (so crucial*) from Vinha da Pisca, and Vale do Pinhão e Ferrão, vineyards in the Cima Corgo. This bottle was purchased recently from the shelf at Honeybee/La Colmena on Bagley. NOSE: brooding and bright; popcorn; boot leather scented of mint; active churning crumbles of black fruit pulp , graphite, curry, and strawberry tar. MOUTH: adaptation to Infantado's Meio-Seco style highlight this item's comfort-factor fine texture and polish. And still, it's resilient in structure, with edged tannins wrapped in foraged earth and sous bois bass notes. Lemon oil; mossy cobbles; violets; plum jam. Organized. Youthful, and already showing signs of accomplishment.
  This wine never succumbs to blights common in this "category." It uses every joule of energy in a faithful dramatic rendering of Cima Corgo. Nothing cosmetic. Long, spiced, interesting, dry resolution on the palate, slate-cool and dark. Paired with Bailey Hazen Blue, Meijer Walnuts, and the smell of braising beef cheek
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  *Insist on it. At one time, the only unfiltered port to be found was Vintage Porto and so-called Crusted. AFAIK Niepoort and Quinta do Infantado bottle all of their ports unfiltered. (Please post a comment with your observations; are other shippers/quintas bottling unfiltered?) And if the difference in taste weren't already obvious, find old bottles of Niepoort or QdI basic Ruby to dramatize the point.

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  11/5/2022 - FjordogFjell wrote: 84 Points

  PnP klar blåbærfrukt og sprit. Ikke helt i balanse. Litt rå sprit. Flere dager i kjøleskap, som sist

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  3/4/2022 - marcellonegro wrote: 89 Points

  Ripe red fruit and spice. Cherry and sweet Christmas spice

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