Niepoort Robustus 2019 Tinto
€ 105.95
| Producer | Niepoort |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela, Touriga Nacional, Tinto Cão |
| Ageing | 4 years in 2,000-litre vats, unfiltered |
| Alcohol | 12.2%vol | pH: 3.51 |
| Serving | 16-18°C, decant |
Robustus 2019: four years in 2,000-litre vats, a tribute to Dirk Niepoort’s first wine.
Tasting note
A wine with a mature character. After the long ageing in 2,000-litre vats, tertiary, slightly earthy aromas and notes of truffle. Seductive, perfectly balanced tannins and the great structure only old vines can give. Youthful, light and taut on the palate, full of elegance, with a long finish.
The story
Robustus is a tribute to Dirk Niepoort’s first wine from 1990, which was never released. Since 2004 it has been made following the traditional practices for red wine in the Douro. The long ageing in old wooden vats gives it complexity, soft tannins and unique precision, while keeping liveliness and freshness.
The grapes are hand-sorted and moved by gravity into stainless steel tanks for a long fermentation and maceration. The wine ages for four years in 2,000-litre vats and is bottled unfiltered: 5,200 bottles.
Food pairing
Delicious with game such as partridge, venison and duck. Vegetarian: sublime with spicy dishes and recipes with mushrooms or truffle.
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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