1980 Niepoort Vintage Port

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:59 pm

A light ruby red with bricking at the edges is a little more advance than some other VP's at 29 years. Licorice is quite profound on the nose but a slight touch of VA and a large amount of alcohol is distracting. Alcohol and cherry cough syrup dominate a palate of fully resolved tannins. The finish is short and like the nose a large amount of alcohol detracts from the straight forward tart cherries. A straight forward Vintage Port that has no bells or whistles. This bottle was bought at auction and since this is my only experience with this vintage of Niepoort, I have no idea if this is representative of this vintage or not.
83 points
11/30/09

David Spriggs · Post by **David Spriggs** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:04 am

Wow... too bad! I had high hopes for this bottle.

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:12 am

Has anyone else ever had this particular VP? I am curious to see if the bottle I had was normal for this VP or not.

Moses Botbol · Post by **Moses Botbol** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:47 am

Let's hope the '66 Barros is better.

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:48 am

Moses Botbol wrote:Let's hope the '66 Barros is better.

I've had it a couple times already. It's past it's prime but better than this bottle of Niepoort, that's for sure.

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