Niepoort Redoma Branco 2021
€ 20.80
| Producer | Niepoort |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Rabigato, Códega de Larinho, Viosinho, Donzelinho, Arinto |
| Ageing | 8 months in 228- and 500-litre French oak casks |
| Alcohol | 12,5%vol |
| Serving | 10-12°C |
| Drinking window | Up to 10 years after the harvest |
Redoma Branco 2021: lime, ginger and a long, salty finish.
Tasting note
A more delicate and slightly less expressive character than previous vintages. Refreshing aromas of lime, ginger and some exotic fruit. Subtle hints of oak give the typical Redoma balance and complexity, with great freshness on the palate and a fine structure supported by firm acidity. A very long, mineral and slightly salty finish. Very delicate and harmonious in its youth, it will undoubtedly develop well in bottle.
The story
The 2021 harvest gave higher yields than expected: at Quinta de Nápoles, 50% more than the year before. Picking began on 11 August with ideal indicators: musts with high acidity, low alcohol and firm skins, for balanced reds and whites.
The grapes come from old vines on the right bank of the Douro, at 400 to 600 m, mainly on mica-schist soils. After sorting, the fruit was gently pressed and the must settled for about 24 hours. Fermentation was spontaneous in 228- and 500-litre French oak casks, in which the wine aged for eight months.
Food pairing
Delicious with oysters, baked fish, poultry and other white meat. Vegetarian: root vegetable dishes (turnip, sweet potato, beetroot), Caesar salad and 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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