1994 Niepoort Vintage Port -- Petre's
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:07 am
- 1994 Niepoort Porto Petre's - Portugal, Douro, Porto (2/23/2011)
Brought by someone else to an impromptu dinner at Peking Duck House. I believe it was pop and pour. Excellent wine. At first, it was a bit hot and alcoholic on the nose but that blew off quickly. It was a balanced wine with moderate intensity, no syrupy sugar. Red fruit with predominantly cherry flavors and a tiny bit of nuttiness. This is not fully mature, but it does not suffer from the roughness of youth. More elegance than power, it does not have the strength and intensity of a top of the line VP but it is not thin, weak or missing core flavor components. (90 pts.)