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  • Country ranking ?

    159
  • Producer ranking ?

    59
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    From 2020
  • Food Pairing

    Dried nuts & dried fruits such as raisins

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The Story

Colheitas are dated Tawnies aged in small casks. The minimum age requirement is 7 years, but the tradition at Niepoort is to age several more years before bottling. The wine takes on a Tawny hue. Wood and nutty tones are evident on the palate due to the wine’s slow ageing in old casks. Colheita goes well with dry fruits desserts and the portuguese "Leite Creme queimado". As a starter, the combination with foie gras is impressive.

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Wine Information

Colheita Ports are Tawny Ports from a single harvest aged in wood for at least seven years before being bottled. Colheita Port is wonderful on its own at the end of a meal or on a cold winter afternoon in front of an open fire.

Vinification

The grapes were trodden in "lagares" at Vale de Mendiz and later the Port was matured in small old oak casks at the lodge in Vila Nova de Gaia. In the end of the 2005 harvest, the following comment was made, “Some very fine, elegant Port wines have been made with a lot of personality, especially those sourced from cooler north facing vineyards on higher ground exhibiting great freshness”. Niepoort Colheitas are bottled with at least 10 years of ageing in small old oak casks; but since the Colheita 2005 was showing so well in early 2013, it was decided to start bottling it earlier so as to capture the wonderful freshness and personality in the wine.

Tasting Notes

Superb brick red/brown appearance with medium depth of colour. Very clean fresh aroma with a subdued spicy character and a hint of dried fruits. Refreshing seductive flavours on the palate with dried fruits and a lingering nutty velvety finish on the palate.

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Origin

Porto, Douro

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Inside Information

Technical Information

Producer

Niepoort (Vinhos) S.A.

Region

Douro

Soil Type

Schist

Vineyards

Vale do Pinhão and Ferrão

Average Vine Age

Over 60 years

Grape Varieties

Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Amarela, Sousão, Tinta Roriz and others

Vines per HA

4000-6000

Harvest Period

September/October

Harvest Method

Hand picked

Fermentation

Lagares (wine press tanks)/Foot treading

Bottled

March 2013

Ageing

Small old oak casks (550, 600l)

Dry Extract

136

Residual Sugar (g/dm3)

113

Alcohol (%)

20

Baumé

3.9

pH

3.6

Total Acidity (g/dm3)

4.36

Volatile Acidity (g/dm3)

0.33

Total SO2 (mg/dm3)

37

Volumic Mass (g/cm3)

1

Food Suggestions

Dried nuts, dried fruits such as raisins, peaches, apricots, etc. Desserts based on eggs, pies with dried fruits, coffee, vanilla. Slightly chilled it can also be served as an aperitif.

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