Niepoort Poeirinho 2015 Tinto

€ 35.00

The 2015 vintage of the Poeirinho displays a brilliant violet hue. On the nose, it is very generous, fruity and overall expressively aromatic. After some time in the glass, it shows a lot of class, with incredibly fine and delicate aromas. The wine impresses with its saline and maritime notes which are so typical of its calcareous terroir. On the palate, it offers a lot of precision, with great structure and grip. It is linear, distinctly mineral and refreshing, with notes of fresh fruit (cherry, strawberry and wild berries). Thanks to its high acidity and marked but smooth tannins, this is a wine which will age beautifully in the bottle. It finishes very long, with the same linearity and freshness. It is best enjoyed slightly chilled (15°C), in a Pinot Noir glass.

The poeirinho, whose name refers to the former name for the grape variety Baga, is a tribute to the great Bairrada wines of the past, which were light in color and low in alcohol, but offer enormous aging potential. Dirk Niepoort's great passion for this grape variety and the fantastic terroir of the Bairrada inspired us in recent years to acquire a number of small but very old Baga vineyards in the Cantanhede area.

Food pairing

Delicious with roast lamb, sausage dishes, fried cod or vegetarian dishes with legumes

Grapes: 100% Baga

2015 was a wet year, with rainfall in winter and spring. As a result, budburst occurred 15 days later than the previous year and the growth cycle was delayed. Summer was not as hot as usual, and the nights were relatively cool in the last 2 weeks of August. The harvest began mid-September in the old vineyards whose vines showed very even ripeness, with high sugar levels and relatively high malic acid levels in the fruit, which resulted in a higher total acidity than in the previous vintage. The 2015 Poeirinho was made using grapes from various very old vineyard parcels. It was fermented in open lagares and in closed tanks where it went through carbonic maceration and where it remained for 4 weeks, before completing its fermentation in wooden vats. The wine went through malolactic fermentation in the used 2500L wooden vats, where it also aged for 20 months. It was bottled unfiltered

Store & Serve

With its low alcohol content of 11%, this wine is best appreciated when it is served lightly chilled (15 ° C) and served in Pinot noir wine glasses such as our C & S Arom Up 43 cl wine glass

Alcoholcontent

11,5 %vol

pH: 3,7

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Tags : Niepoort - Bairrada