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Port,Madeira and Sherry

A small, family port producer - second smallest shippers in the trade - they are second to none in quality and consolidated their reputation by being named 'Port Producer of the Year' at the 2001 Portuguese Wines Awards. Since 1842, Niepoort have been a family owned and run business. The current winemaker is Dirk Niepoort - the 5th generation of the family to head up this house and has established himself as one of the most skilled winemakers in the Duoro. 'Niepoort is to vintage Port what Krug is to Champagne. They are both small houses in a world dominated by large competitors, but they are producing outstanding wines that very few can match' An oft quoted piece from James Suckling.

Niepoort Dry White Port
Niepoort Dry White is made in the traditional style with long skin maceration. The final blend includes different wines aged in oak casks making an average of 3,5 years. Dry White is lovely if served chilled as an aperitif or as a long drink with Tonic Water ice and a twist of lemon. "Dirk Niepoort makes the best white port going, with a typical elegance and freshness" Wine behind the Label, 2006.

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Price: £11.25



Niepoort Dry White Port

Niepoort Tawny Port
To produce a fine balance and flavour Niepoort Tawny ages in oak casks for 3,5 years. Freshness, lightness and balance are the key elements of this wine. A Port easy to drink on any occasion. Tawny has a shiny bright colour and soft and sweet tannins. Tawny port keeps well for several years, although the wine will not improve with age. It contains no sediment and need not be decanted.

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Price: £10.60



Niepoort Tawny Port

Niepoort Ruby
At Niepoort they believe that the colour of the port should be inspired by the "ruby stone" (instead of black dark colour Ruby). Niepoort Ruby is fresh, young and fruity (lots of red cherries and red fruits!). An expressive port with great character. Ruby keeps well for several years, although the wine will not improve with age. No decanting is necessary since the wine contains no sediment.

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Price: £10.60



Niepoort Ruby

Niepoort LBV 1999
Late Bottled Vintage port is a from a single year. The wine ages 4-6 years in old oak casks (opposed to Vintage that ages 2-3). LBV fills the gap between the rubies and the vintage ports since a Ruby Port should be drunk quite young and a great Vintage Port may need 15 to 20 years to really open up and show its splendour. This led to the idea in the 1960s to age the wine 4 to 6 years in large casks before bottling it, thereby producing a wine with the style of a Vintage Port with its deep colour and concentration of fruit but with a more mature character caused by the longer ageing in wood. Late botted vintage is the perfect port to accompany chocolate desserts, specially if dark/bitter chocolate is used!

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Price: £14.95



Niepoort LBV 1999

Niepoort Vintage Port 1987 bottled 1989
Vintage Port must be bottled within two years of the harvest date and be 100 per cent wine from that harvest.
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 effects of the slow bottle age integration are revealed and finally after many decades the spirit dominates the wine. Vintage Port is amazing in all the three phases.
Maturation in the bottle is more reductive than cask ageing and the wine that results has a fruitiness and power which develops in the traditional ageing vessel, the classic, thick, black port bottle.

Serve at the end of a meal with cheese, especially blue cheese which goes really well. Please note that Vintage Port needs decanting.

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Price: £65.25



Niepoort Vintage Port 1987 bottled 1989

Madeira Barbeito

Mario Barbeito established Vinhos Barbeito in 1946 to produce small quantities of bespoke Madeira wines. Ricardo de Freitas took over in 1993. His belief is that small is beautiful and so his stewardship of Barbeito is always to aim for quality over quantity.

Madeira Barbeito Verdelho 1981 Frasqueira 500ml
This Verdelho was aged by the natural "Canteiro" method in old French oak casks since 1982. In October 2004 2 casks of 450 litres each were selected and filled in April 2005 900 bottles of 500ml and 360 bottles of 750ml. This fine Frasqueira can be drunk at room temperature or chilled. It keeps well even after opening.
20.5% Vol

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Price: £32.65



Madeira Barbeito Verdelho 1981 Frasqueira 500ml

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