Niepoort Port Ruby
€ 11.50
| Producer | Niepoort |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Amarela, Sousão, Tinta Roriz |
| Ageing | 3 years in large 550-litre casks |
| Alcohol | 20%vol | pH: 3.66 |
| Serving | 12-14°C, no need to decant Store upright, keeps 6 weeks once opened |
Niepoort’s Ruby: fresh, young and full of dark fruit.
Tasting note
Dark red, with a lovely fresh and lively aroma of dark fruit and a light mineral character. A youthful, expressive Port with lots of character, good balance and great drinkability.
The story
A Ruby is fresh, young and fruity. It keeps for a few years, but does not improve with age.
Food pairing
Chilled as an aperitif with soft cheeses (Brie, Port Salut) or hard cheeses, (smoked) ham and dried fruit. Also excellent with desserts made with chocolate, fresh fruit and red or wild berries.
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.
Critics & Awards
88/100 CellarTracker (16 notes)
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