Niepoort Bastardo 2020 Tinto
€ 40.05
A Niepoort Bastardo: light, fresh and rustic, like the wines of old.
The story
Bastardo grows throughout the Douro, mainly in old vineyards and cooler areas. Elsewhere it is called Trousseau (Jura) or Merenzao (Galicia). It is an early-ripening grape with a short cycle, once used mainly to raise sugar levels. With this wine Niepoort set out to ‘tame’ the variety’s wild nature in search of elegance and freshness. The Bastardo plots are scattered across Quinta de Nápoles and are fully organic.
Food pairing
With sausages, grilled meat, herby dishes (bread soup, couscous), mushroom dishes and cold salads.
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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