1985 Niepoorts Vintage Port Portugal

Vintage Port must be bottled within two to three years of the harvest date. 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. Finally, after many decades, the spirit has dominated the wine. Vintage Port is amazing in all three phases. Maturation in the bottle is more reductive than cask ageing and the wine that results has a fruitiness and power that develops in the traditional ageing vessel, the classic, thick black port bottle.

92 Points Wine Spectator: A massive wine at its best. Deep purple with a very jammy, grapy nose, full-bodied, with lots of velvety, sweet fruit flavors and medium tannins.