Niepoort Colheita 2009 (750ml)

Niepoort's 2009 Colheita is a tawny Port from Portugal's Douro region, aged in wood until bottling. A colheita is a single-vintage tawny, meaning the wine spends years in barrel developing the oxidative character and amber hue that define the category, then rests in bottle as a finished wine ready to drink.

Tawny Ports of this age show dried fruit, nuttiness, and gentle spice alongside the structure that extended wood aging builds. The 2009 vintage will display the balance typical of these wines: sweetness tempered by acidity, rich but not cloying, with the kind of complexity that rewards sipping on its own or alongside dessert.