Niepoort Drink Me 10 Year Old Tawny Port

Wine information: Niepoort's Drink Me 10 Year Old Tawny is presented in a beautiful bottle resembling an apothercary's bottle. The Drink Me range is a slightly more modern and fun range compared to the, by no means un-fun, standard Niepoort range. Tawnies with an age indication such as "10 years" are blended from different wines, with an average of 10 years. Prolonged ageing in small wooden casks confers the characteristic tawny colour. The principle features of an aged tawny are the complexity of aromas, the freshness and refined persistent bouquet. Grapes are sourced from low yielding vineyards in the Cima Corgo region of the Douro Valley, and are predominantly trodden in lagares, prior to ageing in small old oak casks at Niepoort's cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia. Tawnies are aged in 550 litre old casks, over many years. The balanced blend of the different characteristics and ages is the art of the Niepoort master blender José Nogueira, direct descendant of Niepoort’s original cellar master. After dinner, this tawny is a good match with cheeses and chocolate based desserts. It can also be drunk as an aperitif, served at room temperature or slightly chilled. Tawny in colour, with aromas of dried apricots and crystallized tangerine peel well integrated with a nutty character. “Dirk Niepoort is the master of old tawnies…” (James Suckling)

 
     

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