Vintage Port is a specific style of Ruby Port which is made only in exceptional years and from the ripest grapes. The fermented wine is fortified before being aged for 2 years in massive oak vats which preserve the ripe fruit character. Upon bottling, the wines continue to age and can reward patient maturation for many decades.

This 1997 Vintage Port from Nirk Niepoort was bottled in 1999, and at 25 years old, is entering its optimum drinking window.