Niepoort White Port

Product Type: Port – White

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Brilliant golden/brown colour with a fresh nutty aroma and delicate subdued fruit. Medium sweet on the palate, interacting perfectly with the spirit which in turn gives a superb structure to the wine.

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Tasting notes

Taste profile

BodyLight

SweetnessMedium-sweet

AcidityFresh

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Wine information

Region: Porto
Appellation: Douro
Style: White
Producer: Niepoort
Grapes: Codega Rabigato Viosinho Arinto Gouveio
Keeping: Several years.
Bottle: 75cl
Alcohol: 19.5%

Winemaking. The white grapes undergo long skin maceration, occasionally with foot treading in lagares. Following fortification with grape brandy, the wine spends a year ageing in large old oak vats, prior to at least three years in small old oak casks.

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The producer

Niepoort Port

An independent company set up by Franciscus Marius van der Niepoort in 1842, the Dutch family were late to arrive on the port market scene compared to their already well established British competition. However, it was through very good relations with the native vineyard owners that has enabled Niepoort to produce four generations of quality port wine. Now...

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