This is such an amazing enigma of a wine. It carries weight and power of 80 year old vines from the sunshine rich douro, balanced by 600m of altitude. First impressions suggest you could be in burgundy here with plenty of citrus and orchard fruits on the nose with lovely dairy flavours too. Much more of the same on the fleshy, weighty palate with grapefruit and nutmeg spice. So much character and personality on display already, but this will very comfortably mature gracefully for some time yet. Niepoort has been an independent family business since its creation in 1842. Today it is led by the fifth generation, dirk niepoort, supported by his sons daniel and marco. Dirk has been a relentless innovator and creative throughout his time at niepoort. One of dirk’s great initiatives was to focus on the production of spectacular unfortified, table wines showcasing the local, indigenous varieties. He has spearheaded this idea for over twenty years and in the early days was seen as a maverick, when the status quo in the douro was to focus on port production. A futuristic winery was erected at quinta de napoles in 2007 and this serves as the centre of the douro table wine production. Further rare old vines have been acquired in bairrada, dão and vino verde as dirk continued his insatiable appetite for new projects and relentless invention. One constant throughout this extraordinary journey is that niepoort always create wines with a lightness of touch, a supreme elegance and purity...
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