Niepoort Allez Sante 2021 Branco
€ 11.75 € 9.80 / 5+1
| Producer | Niepoort |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Rabigato, Códega do Larinho, Gouveio, Dona Branca, Viosinho, Bical |
| Ageing | 6 months on fine lees |
| Alcohol | 11.4%vol | pH: 3.35 |
| Serving | 10-12°C |
Allez Santé 2021: a fresh, mineral entry-level white with Manneken Pis on the label.
Tasting note
A young, fresh wine with a fine aroma of citrus and fresh herbs and strong minerality. Elegant on the palate, with good acidity and a fresh finish. Very easy to drink and perfect for all kinds of occasions.
The story
The Allez Santé brand was launched in 2012. The label was designed by Dominique Goblet, who lives in Belgium, and Kai Pfeffer from Berlin: it features rain, wind and, of course, Manneken Pis.
The vines grow on the right bank of the Douro, at 550 to 700 m. The grapes travel to Quinta de Nápoles in refrigerated trucks, are sorted and pressed, and after cold settling the must ferments spontaneously in stainless steel tanks. The wine then spends six months on fine lees, without bâtonnage.
Food pairing
Delicious with baked fish and white meat dishes.
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.
