Mark Squires, Mitarbeiter des renommierten Weinmagazins »
The Wine Advocate« verkostete für die Ausgabe 205/2013 auch wieder
Niepoorts Weine. Den ›
Tiara Branco 2011‹ aus dem
D.O.C. Douro bewertet er mit hohen 92/100 Punkten. Nachfolgend schreibt der Verkoster im Original:
„The ›2011 Tiara‹ was aged for 10 months in tank, but for 12% of the juice fermented and aged in 500-liter old oak. Maloactic fermentation was blocked after alcoholic fermentation. It is an old vines (40-100 years), high altitude (650m) blend of principally
Codega do Larinho,
Rabigato,
Donzelinho,
Boal and
Cerceal. Quite lovely this year, it has its usual crisp purity and focus and perhaps an especially elegant feel to it. I loved the aromatics as well. As with Niepoort’s 2011 Redoma this year, it manages to seem effortless, graceful and elegant while remaining quite persistent. It sneaks up on you – it goes down easy and then you realize how lovely the finish is, with tension as well as flavor. As it warmed, I liked it more and more and it became much more intense and gripping, as well as quite tasty. Tinged with lemon at the moment, it is unevolved. It should hold and develop well.”
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