Niepoort White Port
€ 11.50
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| Producer | Niepoort |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Malvasia Fina, Viosinho, Gouveio |
| Ageing | 1 year in large and at least 3 years in small old oak casks |
| Alcohol | 20%vol |
| Serving | 12-16°C, no need to decant, ready to drink Keeps about 2 months once opened |
| Scores | 88/100 Wine Enthusiast |
Niepoort’s white Port: medium sweet, with nuts and fruit.
Tasting note
Deep gold, with fresh aromas of nuts and fruit. Medium sweet on the palate, with a beautiful structure.
The story
The white grapes undergo long skin maceration and are occasionally foot-trodden in lagares. After fortification the wine ages for a year in large old 550-litre oak casks and then at least three years in small old oak casks.
Food pairing
Chilled as an aperitif with soft cheeses, (smoked) ham, dried fruit, almonds and olives.
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 Wine Enthusiast | Tasted: Aug 2019
87/100 Wine Enthusiast | Tasted: Jul 2016
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