Niepoort Batuta 2015 Tinto

€ 60.00

With an attractive medium ruby-red hue, this is the most elegant and light Batuta that we have ever produced. Its austere aromas of fruits of the forest are in perfect harmony with the wine’s minerality. The oak offers only discreet hints of wood and spice. Complex, with plenty of vigour and tension on the palate, the wine boasts subtlety and a beautiful balance between concentration and acidity. A silky texture and firm structure match the wine’s polished tannins and elegant flavour profile. Despite its youth, the wine impresses with its harmonious and linear character, ending in a very long, elegant and seductive finish. This is a wine which promises to age gracefully.

Batuta is not produced every year. This wine is made from grapes from Carril (a vineyard older than 70 years) and from another vineyard with still older vines of almost 100 years old, located near the Quinta de Napoles. It is the result of a strict selection of the grapes in the vineyard and on the sorting table

Food pairing

The Batuta is a very flexible food wine and pairs well with meat and fish such as monkfish, squid and grilled octopus.

Grapes: Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Rufete, Malvazia Preta and others

matured for 22 months in French barriques of which 25% new wood barrels

Vinification

The 2014/15 viticultural year experienced a cold and very dry winter, with rainfall at a record low compared to previous years. The spring and summer were dry and hot with three heat waves occurring in June/July, prior to a cooler month of August – the low humidity ensured that the incidence of disease was at an all-time low, and as a result, the vineyards delivered superbly clean fruit. After the fruit was meticulously sorted in the vineyard as well as in the cellar, fermentation took place in conical stainless steel tanks, with a skin contact period of approximately 60 days. The wine aged for 22 months in French barrels (only 25% new wood), where it also completed its malolactic fermentation.

Store & Serve

Serve at 16-18°C

Alcoholcontent

12,5 %vol

pH: 3,58