Port Colheita White - Niepoort

All vinification was carried out in lagares with 100% stems. The fermenting musts showed very dark colors with spectacular purple hues and a wonderful acid balance. Aged in pipes.

Type: Fortified wine
Denomination: Porto DOC
Origin: Portugal
Grape varieties: Touriga Franca - Tinta Roriz - Tinto Cão - Tinta Francisca - Tinta Amarela -Sousão - Touriga Nacional and other native typologies
Alcohol content: 20%
Format: 75cl with box
Allergens: Sulphites
Chalice: Sautern
Serving temperature: 12 - 14°C

Tasting Notes: It has an intense purple color. On the nose it shows a fresh aroma with notes of dark chocolate and dark fruits. On the palate it is sweetish, fruity with persistent and long tannins.

Pairings: Served slightly chilled it can become an excellent aperitif, while if accompanied by good dark chocolate, it is one of the best meditation wines. Perfect with blue cheeses and sponge cake desserts

The Cellar: Founded in 1842, Niepoort has been a family-run business for more than a century and a half, which has seen five different generations succeed one another in its management. Passing down experiences, knowledge and skills from father to son, all production phases are monitored and followed with great attention and obsessive attention to detail. It is in this way that, starting from the vineyards along the banks of the Douro to arrive in Vila Nova de Gaia, wonderful Portos are born. Eighty kilometers east of Porto and up to the border with Spain, thanks to a unique terroir, where the rocky soils are rich in vertically formed phosphorus, the roots of the vines manage to reach a depth of twenty or thirty metres, so as to be able to have the necessary supply of nutrients, even during the scorching desert summers. Between the rows, the vines are cultivated with extreme care, respecting the balance of the environment, nature and ecosystem as much as possible. In the cellar, the philosophy followed is simple and not very complex, so in order to respect the most ancient local traditions, the character that the season and the territory have been able to express in the fruit is at the same time preserved. After the harvest, followed by vinification, and above all after spending the winter in the cellar, the wine is taken further downstream and left to mature in wooden barrels in an environment where the cool temperature and humidity of the coast are perfect for the long maturation that Port requires. Nothing is invented: the entire range of Niepoort labels stands at the highest standards. The Niepoort winery offers bottles for all palates, while simultaneously guaranteeing a level of quality that few other wineries in the world can afford. Simply exceptional wines.