TN: 2001 Niepoort Vertente Douro

[Frederick Blais]

I did revisit the Vertente 2001 from Niepoort.

The color is amazingly still purple opaque just like a 2 years old wine. The nose is getting good complexity showing ripe fruit(plums and cherries), exotic wood tones, some mint too on the background with time. On the palate the wine is still solid, tannins are bold but still nothing agressive, the fruit is drying a bit showing flavors of plums and licorice reminding me more of a dry LBV Port, still the finale is ok showing some fruit and leather flavors. 16/20

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