Niepoort Vintage Port, Syndicate Share, 2024
Niepoort Vintage Port, Syndicate Share, 2024
- 75cl
- 19.6%
- Fortified
- Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Amarela, Sousão, Tinta Roriz
- Organic
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Optimal drinking window: 2030 - 2060
Est. delivery in autumn, 2026
Our first Syndicate Barrel of Port: Niepoort 2024, the highest rated (WA) estate port from the greatest vintage since 1970.
2024 Niepoort Vintage Port
£1,920 in bond per 30x75cl share
- Personalised back label
- Lunch for two, tour and tasting at Niepoort estate (as part of syndicate visit, date TBC)
- Larger formats available (with supplement)
Dirk Niepoort is, by some distance, the most important figure in Portuguese wine. When Luis Gutiérrez expanded his Wine Advocate brief to cover Portugal for the first time, his opening article was dominated by Niepoort — "the most influential person in Portuguese wine — a pioneer, visionary, leader and ambassador." Of the 255 wines reviewed, the top ten (all 96 points and above) were all Niepoort.
2024 is the first general declaration since 2017, and Niepoort's is the highest-rated estate Port of the vintage. This is not a blockbuster; Dirk himself describes it as elegant, vinous and beautifully balanced, closer in spirit to 2017 than to a monster year, and speaks of it in the same breath as the legendary trio of 1945, 1955 and 1970, the all-time greats. That balance is exactly what gives it such extraordinary ageing potential. View the short video on instagram.
What the critics say:
"I tasted the final blend of the 2024 Vintage Port they declared. 2024 had lots of winter rain, the rest of the season was quite mild; so, in early September, the grapes had around 11% potential alcohol, which is impossible to make Port! But they waited and waited, and the grapes finally reached good ripeness. It was a good crop and most people will declare a vintage, the first one since 2018. At first winemaker Nick Delaforce thought it was not going to have the required concentration, but they were pleasantly surprised to see how the wine gained weight. It's still not a monster vintage year; it's more elegant rather than a monster, vinous, and so balanced that it's drinkable. It reminded me of wines from 2008, when they didn't really make a Vintage Port, and 2017. It's not that sweet (2.9 degrees Baumé), and I think the balance is there for the wine to age gracefully and in a more elegant style."
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