Niepoort Tawny Dee
€ 14.84
| Producer | Niepoort |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Amarela, Sousão, Tinta Roriz |
| Ageing | 3 years in large casks |
| Alcohol | 20%vol | pH: 3.57 |
| Serving | 12-14°C Keeps 4-6 months once opened, with the original stopper and at a constant 12°C |
Tawny Dee: Ruby Dum’s twin, straight out of Alice in Wonderland.
Tasting note
A delicate aroma of nuts and a hint of dried fruit. Young fruit on the palate, very well balanced, with a seductive character in the long finish.
The story
To explain the difference between Ruby and Tawny, Niepoort created the twins Ruby Dum and Tawny Dee, after Alice in Wonderland. Both start out as fortified wine, but their paths part: each gets a different upbringing, resulting in a different look, aroma and taste.
Food pairing
Delicious with Brie, nuts and raisins, or with Gruyère, Manchego and mature farmhouse cheese.
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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