Niepoort Rotulo 2020 Tinto
€ 11.70
| Producer | Niepoort |
| Region | Dão |
| Grapes | Touriga Nacional, Jaen, Alfrocheiro, Tinta Pinheira |
| Ageing | Concrete vats, unfiltered |
| Alcohol | 12.8%vol | pH: 3.71 |
| Serving | 15-16°C, lightly chilled |
Rótulo Tinto 2020: a fresh, uncomplicated red from the Dão.
Tasting note
A light hue with some brick-red highlights typical of the grapes in this blend. Notes of tobacco, red fruit and a minty touch that adds freshness and complexity. Good acidity and some roundness give it elegance.
The story
The dream of making great wines from Dão grapes dates from 2012. This uncomplicated wine shows the freshness and versatility of the Gouveia sub-region, on the slopes of the Serra da Estrela.
The wine fermented in stainless steel tanks, with long maceration but no excessive extraction, aged in concrete vats and was bottled unfiltered.
Food pairing
With traditional Portuguese dishes such as braised veal, duck rice and oven-roasted cod, and with charcuterie.
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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