2017 Niepoort Vintage

Sugestões: Acompanha maravilhosamente Queijo da Serra, Stilton ou outros queijos azuis, sobremesas à base de chocolate e chocolate preto. Armazenar em posição horizontal, em local fresco e seco, ao abrigo da luz e de oscilações de temperatura. Servir à temperatura entre 16ºC e 18ºC. Consumir com moderação.

Prémios e Recomendações
2020
Revista de Vinhos, Portugal | Vinho do Ano, “Dirk Niepoort propalou pelo mundo que alcançara um vinho próximo da perfeição – ele que não declarou clássico em 2016. O Vintage 2017 da Niepoort é um vinho repleto de lirismos e dramatismos, excecional na secura, dureza e solidez, mas simultaneamente singular na brandura de taninos, na frescura e delicadeza improváveis, na perfeição e firmeza do final de boca. Assombroso! É, para a Revista de Vinhos, ‘Vinho do Ano’.”
Revista de Vinhos, Portugal | Prémio Excelência
Revista de Vinhos, Portugal | Prémio Melhor de Portugal
Wine Spectator, James Molesworth, EUA | 94/100 PTS, “A fresh and racy style, with loganberry, cassis and plum fruit flavors entwined with black licorice, sage and violet notes. The finish unfurls slowly, keeping latent depth in reserve. Distinctive. Best from 2030 through 2045.”
Richard Mayson, Reino Unido | 18/20 PTS, “Very deep, opaque; dense but open, ripe cassis-like fruit, perhaps just a touch of hedgerow; a big wine with lovely, well defined minty fruit, still vibrant and in full bloom of youth, tannins a touch green and a little bit raw on the finish.”

2019
Robert Parker – Wine Advocate, Mark Squires, EUA | 99-100/100 PTS, “Even when open for a couple of days, this was still tight, muscular and concentrated, grabbing the palate and never letting go. On opening, it was fragrant and delicious, but even then, there was plenty of muscle and evident concentration. The concentration and power merely improved as it aired out. Tasting it after several days open showed that it shut down and closed up in terms of expressiveness, but it definitively proved that it’s an old-school, long-haul wine. Dry, stern and long on the finish, this is brilliant. It is hard to think of any basis on which this is not perfection just now.Finally, this is going to require patience. Nothing about it says “drink me now.” It should age brilliantly.”
Wine Enthusiast, Roger Voss, EUA | 96/100 PTS, “This aromatic wine is beautifully balanced with big tannins as well as great acidity and black plum fruit flavors. It is in a dry style, as much about richness as sweetness, a fine harbinger for the future. Drink from 2028.”
Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding, Reino Unido | 19,5/20 PTS, “Black cherry colour with narrow purple rim. Gorgeous pure hedgerow black fruit and no sense of the alcohol on the nose – it has been completely integrated with the fruit already. Ripe blackberry, elderberry and blackcurrant and a touch of spice, wild fruit. Incredibly intense on the palate but not showy and the tannins make it taste almost dry. Wonderful texture, great freshness, the tannins ‘sweep the sweetness out of the mouth’. Incredible purity, freshness, intensity and harmony. This is ridiculously delicious now even though it clearly has massive potential longevity. An incredible dark, rocky purity with a long savoury finish, the fruit is intense but not ultra-fruity. Sheer beauty with hidden power. Glorious, very long, totally moreish even now.”
Revista de Vinhos, Nuno Guedes Vaz Pires, Portugal | 20/20 PTS, “Denso na cor, sem opacidade, brilhante e luminosa. Repleto de lirismos e dramatismos, é um Vintage excecional na secura, dureza e solidez mas, simultaneamente, singular na brandura de taninos, na frescura e delicadeza improváveis, na perfeição e firmeza do final de boca. Pode esquecê-lo na garrafeira durante mais de 30 anos. A recompensa por tão longa fé será imensa.”
Revista de Vinhos, Portugal | Altamente Recomendado
Vinho Grandes Escolhas, Valéria Zeferino, Portugal | 19,5/20 PTS, “Profundo e opaco na cor. Perfumado e imediatamente cativante no nariz, de recorte bonito, acentuando a pureza da fruta fresca vermelha (framboesa e groselha) e preta (cereja, amora e mirtilo) com ervas aromáticas, frescas e secas. Compacto, concentrado e denso, mas com uma frescura enorme, quase a fazer esquecer que é um vinho doce e generoso. Picante, o tanino tenaz agarra a boca, sobretudo por fim, quando passa o efeito aveludado da textura. Final prolongado e vibrante, com certa secura conferida pelo engaço.”
Vinhos Grandes Escolhas, Portugal | Os Melhores Vinhos