Niepoort Colheita 2007 Port wine

Niepoort Colheita 2007 full-bodied Colheita with large plums and raisins that mix with prunes and dark berries in the taste with light notes from barrel ageing.

Scent: Offers dark prunes, large raisins mixed with a little barrel ageing.
Taste: Large ripe plums, raisins and prunes in beautiful harmony with the dark berries and barrel aging

A Colheita you have to taste

Niepoort Colheita 2007 The grapes for this Colheita from Niepoort are from 2007, aged 11 years in barrel and bottled here in 2018

Niepoort:

At Niepoort, the family has been in charge of operations for five generations. Today it is Eduard Dirk Niepoort who has taken over the helm. It has always been aimed at two generations working together in the company to preserve the spirit and style of the wine. For many years, Niepoort has been famous for their classic port wines, wines of high quality with great concentration and a long shelf life. Dirk Niepoort is a very charismatic winemaker who has his own ideas and points of view, and his main philosophy is that wines must have freshness to be interesting.

Niepoort port wine is produced from grapes that come from old vines in the Pinhão and Pisca valleys. The vines that Niepoort harvests from are more than 70 years old, and are planted in the best and most schist soil. The grapes are hand-picked in September and October, and are trodden by both men and women in lagares (low granite vats). The fermentation process is brought to an end by the addition of grape spirit, while the must still possesses large amounts of natural sweetness.