92 points Wine Spectator:
The Pisca vineyard has for many years formed part of the Niepoort Vintage Lote; in 2007 one very small parcel of Pisca was set aside and contrary to the current practice of ageing in large wooden vats it was aged in pipes,thus replicating the legendary Niepoort 1970 Vintage which was all aged in pipes. Once again Niepoort believed that in a world of uniformity have managed to produce a Vintage port with a difference with a return to some of the small technical details from a bygone eraDense in colour with a wonderfully fresh green aroma with a hint of dark chocolate dominating along with subtle aromas of dark fruits. On the palate, medium sweet,wonderful fruit, with a seductive silky mid palate which is underpinned with a compact, lengthy tannin structure.
