Niepoort Port Ruby Dum
€ 14.84
| Producer | Niepoort |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Amarela, Sousão, Tinta Roriz |
| Alcohol | 20%vol | pH: 3.6 |
| Serving | 12-14°C Keeps 4-6 months once opened, with the original stopper and at a constant 12°C |
Ruby Dum: Tawny Dee’s twin, straight out of Alice in Wonderland.
Tasting note
An expressive Port with lots of character: fresh, young and fruity.
The story
To explain the difference between Ruby and Tawny, Niepoort created the twins Ruby Dum and Tawny Dee, after Alice in Wonderland. Both start out as fortified wine, but their paths part and each gets a different upbringing. The concept is by Portuguese artist Regina Pessoa, who also designed the Rabbit Dry White.
Food pairing
Delicious as an aperitif or with dark chocolate (desserts) and cheeses such as Cheddar, Gouda and Brie.
The producer
Niepoort was founded in 1842 in Vila Nova de Gaia and has belonged to the Dutch Van der Niepoort family for five generations. For more than a century it was a Port shipper without vineyards of its own. That changed when Dirk Niepoort joined his father Rolf in 1987: that year the family bought Quinta de Nápoles on the Tedo, in the Cima Corgo, followed by Quinta do Carril in 1988.
With the first Redoma in 1991 Niepoort became one of the pioneers of unfortified Douro wine, and a new winery was completed at Quinta de Nápoles in 2007. Dirk Niepoort also works in Bairrada, the Dão, Vinho Verde and the Mosel, and his son Daniel joined him at the helm in 2020. The Ports age in the cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia.
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