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Niepoort Senior Tawny

£19.70 inc. VAT

With an average age of 7 – 8 years, this is one of Niepoort’s classic house styles.Whilst retaining some of its fresh figgy-fruit, Senior also displays clear nutty, aged notes, including a dash of rancio on the finish. Whilst more likely to be drunk on its own, Senior partners excellently with aged hard cheeses, and desserts which feature toffee or dried fruit ingredients.

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Niepoort Senior Tawny
With an average age of 7 – 8 years, this is one of Niepoort’s classic house styles.Whilst retaining some of its fresh figgy-fruit, Senior also displays clear nutty, aged notes, including a dash of rancio on the finish. Whilst more likely to be drunk on its own, Senior partners excellently with aged hard cheeses, and desserts which feature toffee or dried fruit ingredients.

The Niepoort philosophy has been, for the last decades, to innovate, diversify, break taboos, maintaining
tradition. Parallel to the redesign of The Senior Tawny, where we used the most traditional format of bottle and a moustache to emphasis the seniority, we redesigned the Junior Tinto based on the concept of a young,fresh and contemporary wine.

The Senior Tawny wine spends most of its time ageing in small barrels in the Niepoort lodge in Vila Nova de
Gaia.The small barrels enable a soft and light contact with air through the pores of the wood, which results in a slow oxidation process over the years.

Vinification
The Senior Tawny comes from low yielding vineyards in the Cima Corgo region of the Douro Valley. The grapes are predominantly trodden in lagares, prior to ageing in small old oak casks at our lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia.

Tasting Notes
Brick red tawny appearance; a velvety mouth feel with a fine blend of old wines giving richness balanced with younger wines giving freshness and complexity.

Food Suggestions
This Tawny is a good match with cheeses and chocolate based desserts. It can also be drunk as an aperitif, served at room temperature or slightly chilled

Technical Information
Soil Type : Schist
Vineyeards: Vale do Pinhão and Ferrão
Average Vine Age: More than 30 years
Grape Varieties: Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinto Cão, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Amarela, Sousão and others
Vines p/HA: 4000-6000
Harvest Period: September/October
Harvest Method: Hand picked
Fermentation: Lagares (wine press tanks)/Foot treading
Ageing: 7 years in small old oak casks
Residual Sugar (G/DM3): 101.2
Alcohol (%): 20
Baumé: 3.4
PH: 3.58
Total Acidity (G/DM3): 3.93

Additional information

Weight 1.4 kg
Wine Type

Wine Region

Port-type

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