Niepoort L.B.V. 2017

Niepoort LBV is a coupage Port wine that is characterised by being concentrated, fruity and spicy. It is a wine halfway between a Ruby and a Vintage. It is made in the purest traditional style, harvesting the grapes by hand, crushing them in stone vats, fermenting them in granite vats and fortifying them with eau-de-vie. The vineyards of this wine are over 70 years old and are located on mainly schist soils.



TASTING NOTES:

Sight: Dark ruby colour with reddish rim.

Nose: It stands out for being very elegant and expressive with intense aromas of chocolate, fruits of the forest and spices.

Palate: In the mouth it has a lively acidity that brings freshness and balance with body and firm tannins. Long and captivating finish.


APPELLATION OF ORIGIN: Port.


WINEMAKING: Made with the varieties Touriga nacional, Touriga franca, Tinto cão, Tinta francisca, Tinta amarela, Sousão, Tinta roriz.


AGEING: Aged between 4 and 6 years.


CURIOSITIES: Niepoort is a Portuguese winery founded in 1842. It is currently run by Dirk Niepoort, the fifth generation of the family that gives it its name. They practise traditional Portuguese techniques such as treading the grapes, fermentation in cement tanks or ageing in pipe, 550-litre barrels for ageing port wine, and at the same time they have new technologies that allow them to work the grapes with the utmost care. They have vineyards in different locations, some of them centuries old, and they have their ageing cellar in the town of Vila Nova de Gaia.