Niepoort Doda Red 2013

Rolf Niepoort was the driver and Dirk Niepoort the creator of this project that started 17 years ago. This wine is born from the idea of ​​Rolf Niepoort, that “the ideal Portuguese wine will be the one that can combine the elegance, freshness and longevity of Dão wines with the structure and potency of Douro wines, that can reconcile the fruit of the schist soils of Douro with the aromas of pine needles and minerality of the Dão granitic soils ".

VINIFICATION

The large part of the Dão blend was vinified in a wine press, and then aged in French oak barrels, where the malolactic fermentation took place.

About 50% of the Douro blend was vinified in vats and the rest in traditional granite presses, where they were trodden on foot with a short pre-fermentative maceration. After fermentation, the wine aged 21 months in French oak barrels, where it underwent malolactic fermentation. The Doda was bottled without any gluing.

TEST RESULTS

With a closed ruby ​​color and a studded ring, Doda 2013 is very forestry in its aroma, with menthol notes and a balsamic touch that makes it very spicy. In the mouth it is very thin and robust simultaneously, with a great balance between its herbaceous character, like some dry green tea leaf, and the tertiary notes of wood aging. A flexible wine that combines the best of both regions, the freshness of the Dão and the structure of the Douro, providing a very persistent and light aftertaste. Recommended settling.