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Drink Me Douro Red

£12.37£13.75 inc. VAT

Current Vintage:2015

Red appearance with a very alive purple/red rim. The aroma is dominated by finesse, some unripe fruit character integrated with balsamic notes. On the palate the wine is well structured, uncomplicated and refreshing and the low level of wood contact allows the fruit and minerality of the wine to express itself. The middle palate is quite firm with good depth, while the finish exhibits complexity, medium length and superb freshness and acidity on the finish.

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Drink Me Douro Red 2015

Red appearance with a very alive purple/red rim. The aroma is dominated by finesse, some unripe fruit character integrated with balsamic notes. On the palate the wine is well structured, uncomplicated and refreshing and the low level of wood contact allows the fruit and minerality of the wine to express itself. The middle palate is quite firm with good depth, while the finish exhibits complexity, medium length and superb freshness and acidity on the finish.

Drink Me KALi 
What’s there in common between a bottle of red wine and an animated film? At first glance, apparently nothing. But if we have time to see instead of just looking, we begin to detect some coincidences: the design of the label… the shadows… the person who designed it… the name of the wine… the one who produced it… But the greatest evidence unfolds when we taste the wine, especially if the film in question is about a vampire called KALi. And then… a good bottle of wine can last for an eternity. Vampires too… the one in this film, in any case, lives forever.

The idea behind Drink Me is the creation of a pleasant, easy drinking red wine yet keeping complexity, mineral notes and great depth, like a classic Douro wine

Food Suggestions

Grilled and baked fish, pasta with seafood, white meat.

Vinification

All agricultural years are different with certain defining moments, in the case of 2013, the viticultural year was cooler than the average of the last 30 years and the rain that fell during the winter and spring was essential to restore the water levels after several very dry winters. At Quinta de Nápoles, a total of 121 mm of rain fell in January alone. Weather conditions in April, May and June with the continued rainfall and low temperatures heavily conditioned the growing cycle, delaying it by around 2 weeks.

The fermentation occurred in stainless steel vats, with 8 to 15 days of total skin contact and 10% of the wine was aged in 225 L used French oak barrels for 12 months.

Region:Douro

Soil Type: Schist
Vineyards: Several
Average Vine Age: 20 to 50 years old
Grape Varieties: Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela and others
Vines Per Ha: 4000
Pruning Method:Guyot and Royat
Alt. From Sea Level: 100-500
Harvest Period: September
Harvest Method:Hand picked
Malolactic: Barrels and stainless steel vats
Fermentation: Stainless steel vats
Ageing: 12 months in French oak barrels (20%) and stainless steel vats (80%)
Dry Extract: 28.7
Alcohol (%) :13
Ph:3.72
Total Acidity (G/Dm3):4.7
Volatile Acidity (G/Dm3):0.6
Free So2 At Bottling (Mg/Dm3): 28
Total So2 (Mg/Dm3): 69
Volumic Mass (G/Cm3): 1

About Dirk Niepoort

I regard him as one of the sharpest, most provocative and most thoughtful of all winemakers: always willing to experiment, and with a strong sense of direction that comes from being a student of the world’s great wines. Jamie Goode – http://www.wineanorak.com/dirk_van_der_niepoort.htm

“Dirk van der Niepoort is the New Douro: single-handedly he has cajoled, encouraged, persuaded and hauled the Douro into a D.O.C. age of enlightenment. Substituting his Dutch ancestor’s wooden clogs for fashionable plastic Crocs , with an enigmatic expression concealing dry humour, incisive vision and a passion for fine wine verging on the obsessive, he is the uncrowned king of the Cima Corgo. With irreconcilably curly hair and a complex character, this straight talking Beethoven of the bodega has created more stunning wines than might be thought possible in several oenological lifetimes. Beginning with the massively surly and delinquent Robustus in 1990, whose metamorphosis over more than ten years, from ugly duckling into graceful swan, stunned the wine world, not to mention his sceptical father Rolf. Paradoxically progressing to the refined muscularity of Batuta and Burgundian elegance of Charme, his winemaking virtuosity knows no frontiers and continues to push the boundaries of viticulture. Dirk’s skills are not simply confined to the adega, among his many talents are the respective abilities to combine quality with commercial success, develop stylish marketing and impeccable design, and above all, communicate in a direct and clear fashion.”
A good nose – The Douro boys   
http://www.agoodnose.com

 

 

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Single Bottle, Case of 6 x 750 ml

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