Porto Niepoort Late Bottled Vintage Port, 2017 nerello capuccio hint of sweet tobacco

hint of sweet tobacco

green apple with second notes of acacia and lilac

The native Piedmont Timorasso grape had nearly vanished before a handful of winemakers cultivated and championed its return

Aged 8 months in Slavonian oak casks

Thomas Goss and his wife Mary arrived to the McLaren Valle in the mid-1800s

Porto Niepoort Late Bottled Vintage Port, 2017 nerello capuccio hint of sweet tobaccoLBV 2017 "Our LBV is aged for 4 to 6 years in large wooden vats. The winemaking and ageing methods were chosen to match the selection of wines which make up the LBV: full bodied red Ports stemming from a single vintage. LBV or Late Bottled Vintage is a category of Port wines which became popular in the 60s, filling the gap between Ruby and Vintage Ports. The extended ageing period of the LBV allows it to show a rounder and mature character this wine