O Produtor, tasting note published in May 27th 2015
Beautiful ruby color, in a balanced year like 2012, the Doda shows a floral aroma, with black fruits, very complex and with some exuberance. The wood is in full harmony with a mineral profile and very delicate. Of good concentration in the mouth, with presence and of firm tannins, is a wine with much structure. The minerality and the good acidity bring freshness and balance, at a very long and wild end of mouth. The strength of the Douro with the elegance of Dão in full harmony! Will grow old with nobility.
Rolf Niepoort was the impeller and Dirk the creator of this project that began 17 years ago. This wine is born from the idea of Rolf Niepoort, that “the ideal Portuguese wine will be one that aligns the elegance, freshness and longevity of the Dão wines with the structure and power of the wines of the Douro, that can reconcile the fruit of the shale soils of the Douro with the aromas of caruma and minerality of the granite soils of Dão. “This edition results from the union of 60% of a lot of Douro wine, produced in Quinta de Nápoles from very old vineyards, one of them more than 120 years old, and 40% of a batch of Dão produced in Quinta da Pellada, from old vines, with the typical varieties of the region: Tourigo, Jaen, Alfrocheiro and Tinta Roriz. The great part of the Dão lot was vinified in a mill, and then staged in French oak barrels, where it made the malolactic fermentation. About 50% of the Douro lot was vinified in vat and the rest in traditional granite mill, where it was trodden on foot with a short pre-fermentative maceration. After fermentation, the wine aged for 21 months in French oak barrels, where it underwent malolactic fermentation. The Doda was bottled without any addition of glue.
Allergens information
Contains sulphites.
SKU: 100276
Niepoort Vinhos
The Niepoort family has been creating Port Wines since 1842. The first property in Douro was bought in 1987 and Dirk Niepoort started a new Era in the company with the creation of the first Redoma red in 1991. In the last years Niepoort took on the great challenge of interpreting other soils and climates and acquired two properties in other regions, Dão and Bairrada. Discover the Niepoort Triangle which express the different terroirs: Schist (Douro), Limestone (Bairrada) and Granite (Dão).
Address
Niepoort Vinhos S.A.
Rua Cândido dos Reis, 670
4400-071 Vila Nova de Gaia
Portugal
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