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2011 Niepoort, Bioma, Vinha Velha, Port, Portugal

  • Red
  • Luscious
  • Full Bodied
Not ready
Neal Martin MW
90-92/100
Product: 20118040109
2011 Niepoort, Bioma, Vinha Velha, Port, Portugal

Description

80-years of age at their youngest, these venerable vines at the beautiful Vinha da Pisca have been foot-trodden in unique circular lagares and aged in pipas for their (cold) second winter. Near opaque in colour and aromatically reticent, the wine starts to sing on the palate, where dark chocolate and dark fruit do not presage a heart of darkness but rather an exceptionally pure and powerful core, bolstered by dense assertive tannins and a fresh, incisive finish.
Simon Field MW, Port Buyer
Colour Red
Sweetness Luscious
Vintage 2011
Maturity Not ready
Body Full Bodied
Producer Niepoort

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 90-92/100
Compared to other 2011s, the Bioma Vinha Velha has a more introspective, broody, earthier bouquet that is well-defined but much more reticent than its peers. The palate is showing much more than the aromatics with a robust structure on the opening, and thereafter there is real power and precision. Plenty of white pepper sprinkled over the black fruit that leads to a lovely damson and fig-tinged finish. This will need several years in bottle and no doubt will receive a more ecstatic reception. Tasted May 2013.Neil Martin - 28/06/2013
Neal Martin MW, (Jun 2013)

About this wine

Niepoort

While several notable Scots and English families (Graham, Warre and Taylor, for example) emigrated to the Douro valley in the 18th century, others from Port-importing countries did likewise, and the Niepoorts arrived from the Netherlands.
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Porto

Porto

Rich, saccharine, intensely-flavoured and, at their best, wonderfully majestic and harmonious, these are wines to be savoured on their own, or with a fine chunk of cheese after a meal. Port comes from the stunning Douro region of Portugal, about 50 miles east of Oporto, and is made in two different styles: bottle-aged and cask-aged.
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