For The Love Of Port

• 2007 Niepoort Douro Vertente - Portugal, Douro (4/12/2010)
  Tart berries but not ripe berries on the nose. The soft fruit is quite well balanced with graphite, minerality (almost shale like), and a lot of tannins. The acidity keeps this quite fresh and helps to maintain a constant texture across the palate. A very enjoyable bottle, and at $22.00 a pretty good deal for a Douro wine. This is ready to drink now but should hold for another 2-3 years. 89 points (89 pts.)

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I was also impressed with the 2007 Vertente, IMO the best ever....so well made!!!!!!

Did you tried the 2007 Batuta? I'm going to Portugal next week and im trying to prepare a shortlist....strangely 2007 Batuta hasn't been getting that much attention....not as good as 2004 or 2005?

Pedro Guimaraes wrote:
Did you tried the 2007 Batuta? I'm going to Portugal next week and im trying to prepare a shortlist....strangely 2007 Batuta hasn't been getting that much attention....not as good as 2004 or 2005?

Yes, and I think the 2007 Batuta is an excellent Douro wine that will stand along side or maybe in time best the wonderful 2004. A very well made wine and one to keep an eye out for.

Andy, do you have a TN of the Batuta lying around somewhere? Would be fun to compare it to my own impressions of a couple of months ago.

i was quite surprised to see that the Batuta 07 got relatively low scores of both Squires and Kim Marcus (Wine Spectator)... although I must say that I'm not particularly fond of both tasters. I thought it was a beautiful wine, and I wouldn't mind having a case of it.

Ronald,
Yes I'll try and post it later tonight.