Garrafiera Lalique Vintage
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Ready to drink upon release, with virtually limitless aging potential, capable of being cellared for 50 to 100+ years.
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Blue cheese, dark chocolate desserts, roasted nuts and dried figs
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Niepoort's Garrafeira is one of the rarest and most legendary styles in the world of Port, a category almost single-handedly preserved by the Niepoort family. It represents a fascinating hybrid of aging techniques: the wine is first aged in wood for a short period before being transferred into large glass demijohns, known as garrafeiras, which hold between 8 and 11 liters. Here, the wine undergoes a slow, reductive aging process in glass for decades—sometimes over a century. The 'Lalique' designation refers to an extraordinary collaboration featuring Niepoort's historic 1863 Garrafeira, which was aged in wood, transferred to glass demijohns in 1905, and eventually bottled in five bespoke Lalique crystal decanters. Made from a traditional field blend of ancient Douro grape varieties, this wine offers an ethereal combination of deep, oxidative complexity and a preserved, vibrant freshness that only glass aging can achieve.
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Founded in 1842 by Franciscus Marius van der Niepoort, Niepoort is an independent, family-owned Port and wine producer headquartered in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. Under the visionary leadership of fifth-generation winemaker Dirk Niepoort, the house has seamlessly bridged its legendary Port heritage with groundbreaking dry still wines from the Douro, Bairrada, and Dão regions. Renowned for maintaining traditional methods such as foot-treading in granite lagares and aging in historic pipes, Niepoort produces highly acclaimed Colheita and Vintage Ports alongside iconic, elegant still wines like Redoma, Batuta, and Charme.