Niepoort 10 Year Tawny Port NV Big Bottle shows the house's precision

shows the house's precision

Method founder Cory Fitzsimmons ran the bar at Union Square Cafe before deciding New York deserved a serious vermouth of its own

clove along with a hint of garrigue

The wine that comes out is dense

Élevage lasts a year and is split evenly between used 500-liter barrels and terracotta jars

Niepoort 10 Year Tawny Port NV Big Bottle shows the house's precisionNiepoort has been family owned since 1842, one of the last independent houses in Porto, and its aged tawnies remain the work of the Nogueira family, master blenders here across five generations. Fruit comes from old, low yielding Douro vineyards whose vines average more than six decades; the grapes are trodden by foot in lagares, and the wines age in small, old 550 liter oak casks in the cool cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia until the blend averages ten