Niepoort Batuta 2022 Tinto
€ 70.00
| Producer | Niepoort |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Rufete, Malvazia Preta |
| Ageing | About 20 months in French oak casks (25% new) |
| Alcohol | 12,5%vol |
| Serving | 16-18°C |
| Scores | 89/100 Vinum |
Batuta 2022: depth and precision from vines up to a hundred years old.
Tasting note
Attractive ruby, with more concentration and above all depth than the two previous vintages. Deeply restrained yet complex aromas with generous forest fruit, delicate floral notes and a pronounced mineral character, subtly underlined by a touch of oak. Distinguished and elegant, with lots of fresh acidity and a firm tannic backbone. Despite its youth it impresses with depth and precision, with a very long, elegant finish. A wine that promises to age gracefully.
The story
Batuta is not made every year. The grapes come from Carril, a vineyard more than seventy years old, and from a vineyard of nearly hundred-year-old vines near Quinta de Nápoles, after strict selection in the vineyard and on the sorting table.
The old vines grow high on the slopes of the Cima Corgo, in Vale de Mendiz, on poor, steep schist soils. The grapes are hand-picked and sorted, ferment in lagares and wooden vats with gentle pumping over, and age for about twenty months in French oak casks, 25% of them new. Unfined and unfiltered.
Food pairing
A versatile wine with meat and fish, such as monkfish, squid and grilled octopus, but also beef fillet, wild boar stew or lamb tagine with mild spices.
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
89/100 Vinum | Tasted: May 2025
Drinking window: 2025-2033. Bright ruby, floral, with cherry, cassis, ripe blackberries and subtle animal notes. Taut on the palate, with firm, well-judged tannins, a cool expression, crunchy fruit and fitting acidity. A perfect barbecue wine with drive and freshness.
Drinking window: 2025-2033. Bright ruby, floral, with cherry, cassis, ripe blackberries and subtle animal notes. Taut on the palate, with firm, well-judged tannins, a cool expression, crunchy fruit and fitting acidity. A perfect barbecue wine with drive and freshness.
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