1900 Niepoort Colheita Port

[Markus D.]

1900 Nieport Colheita
Bottled in 1972

This port had a great colour, diluted "cola" brown with a bright yellow rim. A swirl in the glass showed heavy tears, which I later checked and saw that it's at 22% alc. The aromas to me reminded me of coffee with a sprinkle of cinnamon. The first sip of this was quite sharp (again the high alcohol) but that gave way to a very nice high acidity with toffee and citrus notes. It also had a bit of jammyness in the background which I liked. It had a long finish, a great balance and was very Madeira like. An impressive tawny for the amount of time its been in the bottle for. 95+ points

Tasted on July 31, 2010 as part of FTLOP's 5th Anniversary tasting.

[Eric Ifune]

This was my top Port of the weekend.
The 35 Taylor and the 77 Fonseca were next.