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Niepoort Rotulo

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Current Vintage: 2015
Medium concentration ruby colour. As the previous editions, the aroma is elegant, with black fruit, spices, reminding black pepper, floral notes, and a balsamic profile. With a good volume in the mouth, shows a mineral profile, full of wild fruit and spice notes, very common in the Dão classic wines. The acidity is in perfect harmony with the fresh fruit. The ageing in cement vats provides a very fresh and elegant finish with good persistence. Given its profile and youth, we recommend to be served at a temperature of approximately 15 °C.

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Niepoort Rotulo

Current Vintage: 2015

Medium concentration ruby colour. As the previous editions, the aroma is elegant, with black fruit, spices, reminding black pepper, floral notes, and a balsamic profile. With a good volume in the mouth, shows a mineral profile, full of wild fruit and spice notes, very common in the Dão classic wines. The acidity is in perfect harmony with the fresh fruit. The ageing in cement vats provides a very fresh and elegant finish with good persistence. Given its profile and youth, we recommend to be served at a temperature of approximately 15 °C.

Background Story

The dream of producing wines in Dão began in 2012. Since then, we sought for vines, some of them very old, that would express the unique character of this region, where the highlands microclimate and the granite soils have always gave genuine wines. In Dão Rótulo first edition we obtained a fresh and light, but authentic wine.

Food Suggestions

Dishes from Portuguese traditional cuisine, such as veal stew, duck rice, roasted cod. Traditional cured sausages.

Vinification

Harvest began in mid-September. The grapes come mostly from vines, with 30 to 60 years old, where the main varieties are Alfrocheiro, Jaen and Touriga Nacional. After a careful selection, this wine was vinified in stainless steel vats and aged during 12 months in cement vats. It was bottled, with a minimum of clarification techniques, therefore it is possible the appearance of crystals after some years of ageing.

Technical Information

Soil Type: Granite
Region: Dão
Average Vine Age: 20 to 50 years
Grape Varieties: Touriga Nacional, Jaen, Alfrocheiro
Vines Per Ha: 6000
Pruning Method:Double Guyot
Alt. From Sea Level: 600m
Harvest Period: September 2015
Fermentation: Stainless steel vats
Harvest Method: Hand picked
Malolactic: Cement vats
Bottled: September 2016
Ageing: 12 months in cement vats

Dry Extract:32.8
Residual Sugar (G/DM3): 1.0
Alcohol (%):12.5
Ph:3.79
Total Acidity (G/Dm3):5.49
Volatile Acidity (G/Dm3): 0.42
Total so2 (mg/dm3): 96

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 750ml

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