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  • Country ranking ?

    64
  • Producer ranking ?

    20
  • Decanting time

    1h
  • When to drink

    now to 2030
  • Food Pairing

    enjoy without food

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ACKER MERRALL SETS WORLD RECORD FOR MOST EXPENSIVE PORT EVER AS SINGLE BOTTLE OF 1863 NIEPOORT VINTAGE SELLS FOR US$128,000

“The greatest Port I’ve ever tasted,” exclaimed fifth generation   Managing Director Dirk van der Niepoort, who was in attendance when this remarkable Port from a bygone era, the 1863 Niepoort in a magnificent Lalique decanter, became the most expensive Port ever sold at auction, selling for HK$992,000/US$128,000.  Bid...

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The Story

Vintage Port maintains Niepoort's tradition of making balanced Ports with great concentration, being at the same time fine and delicate. We strongly believe we can make a Vintage Port with potencial to last for decades. Vintage Port must be bottled within two or three years of the harvest date.

The magic of Vintage Port is different in every phase: as a young wine it captures the youthful fruit characters. Then, after 20 years or more, the ...

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Tasting note

color

Deep, Brownish and Bright

ending

Long and Round

flavors

Licorice, Cherry, Plum, Nutty, Chocolate and Dried-fruit

nose

Complex, Closed and Mature

taste

Concentrated, Full-bodied, Fresh and Sweet

Verdict

Impressive

Written Notes

Perfect bottle directly from Dirk's cellar.. Decanted 15 minutes. Medium-dark deep ruby colour. An elegant, spicy, complex nose. Very full and intense wine. Generous mouthful of wild berry, smoke, black cherries and dried fruit flavors and aromas. Quite vigorous, but it has soft fruit there. Still very much alive and has a creamy, warm ending. Super good.

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Information

Origin

Porto, Douro

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Average

Fake factory

None

Glass time

1h

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