Niepoort Colheita 2009

Niepoort
Colheita 2009

Wine producer: Niepoort
Region: Douro
Vineyards: Pinhão Valley
Age of vines: More than 60 years.
Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Red Cão, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Amarela, Sousão, Tinta Roriz and others
Barrel: In Pipa's barrels that are over 50 years old
Bottled: October 2019

Colheita is always from a single year, and must be stored for a minimum of 7 years before it can be bottled. This bottle from Niepoort, the grapes were harvested manually in the month of October 2009 and were bottled in October 2019.

Niepoort was started in 1842 by Franciscus Marius Niepoort as an independent family business and has been so for over a century and a half. It is 5 generation Eduard Dirk Niepoort and Verona Niepoort who run Niepoort now. Eduard Dirk has been at the helm since 2005. Niepoort has always aimed to have 2 generations working together in the winery to preserve the style they have in the wines.
At the same time, the Master Blender has also been passed down from generation to generation at Niepoort, and here it is also the 5th generation José Rodrigo, who is the Master Blender at Niepoort, who started in Niepoort back in 2006.

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