Description
Redoma Reserva White 2014
Redoma Reserva is made with grapes from ancient 80-year old vines, planted at an altitude of 600 metres in mica schist soils. Since its creation in 1995, the main aim of producing this wine has been to express the character of the Douro old vineyards. At the end of the ageing period, the best barrels are chosen, considering their minerality and complexity; it is not necessarily those with the most expressive aromas that are selected, but those which we consider to have the greatest ageing potential.
Tasting Notes
The Redoma Reserva White 2014 shows a light citric and crystalline color. The fresh and mineral profile reveals the fantastic terroir where the vines grow. Complex and very captivating, it presents white fruit notes, as well as white flowers and an orange blossom fragrance. The barrel notes are very well integrated, giving complexity and deepness to the aroma, but without being heavy.
Tense in the mouth, with a good volume in glass. The freshness, its citric acidity, and the strong minerality offers lightness and elegance before its structure. Dry and austere, it is a white wine that will benefit from being in cellar. Very long finish, with light smoked, salted notes.
Food Suggestions
Oven backed fish, dishes with white meat. Vegetarian suggestions: Pasta or noodle, dishes with cheese.
Vinification
Every year we choose the best barrels to bottle Redoma Reserva, although we taste all the wines without knowing their provenance, are consistently the same vineyards producing the ones we consider the best wines.
For us, the best wines are those that can express the sense of place, of the mica slate soil, of the high altitude slopes of the Douro Valley, the mineral character, the nerve, the intensity and complexity are the characteristics we search. Redoma Reserve is the elegant expression of Douro whites.
The viticultural year of 2014 at Quinta de Nápoles was characterised as a year of lower quantity but higher quality. Everything indicated an early year, due to the large amount of water accumulated during the winter and spring. The maturation phase occurred early and allowed the beginning of the harvest in August. At Quinta de Nápoles most parcels were harvested over a period of good weather between 23 August and 21 September.
The grapes were harvested at the beginning of September and after careful selection on the sorting table, they were pressed slowly for controlled extraction. Without skin maceration, the must rested for 24 hours, followed by slow alcoholic fermentation in French oak 228 litre barrels. Redoma Reserva aged for 10 months without bâtonnage.
Region:Douro
Soil Type: Mica Schist and granite
Vineyards: Several vineyards
Average Vine Age: Over 80 years
Grape Varieties: Rabigato, Códega do Larinho, Donzelinho, Arinto and others
Vines Per Ha:6500
Pruning Method:Guyot and Royat
Alt. From Sea Level: 600-750
Harvest Period:September
Harvest Method:Hand picked
Malolactic: None
Fermentation: French oak casks
Bottled: June 2015
Ageing: 10 month in French oak casks(228l)
Dry Extract: 16.7
Residual Sugar (G/Dm3): 2
Alcohol (%) :13
Ph:4.4
Total Acidity (G/Dm3):4.4
Volatile Acidity (G/Dm3):0.8
Free So2 At Bottling (Mg/Dm3): 14
Production: 12.300 bottles
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
