Niepoort
Charme is a rare wine from the Douro. Its elegance and complexity, its enveloping and soft tannins, are a unique way to express the old vines, aged between 70 and over 100 years, cooler and sheltered from Vale de Mendiz, in the heart of the Pinhão Valley. Dirk Niepoort finds in Charme his ultimate interpretation and declared passion for the Burgundy region. A signature wine, a unique wine. Charme is the only still wine produced in the Vale de Mendiz cellar, in the round granite lagares.
The 2022 growing season was the driest of the 21st century! The 2022 harvest was the earliest ever! In recent years, we have seen greater climatic variability and more frequent extreme events, such as the heatwaves and intense rains that characterized 2022 in the Douro. In the natural way we work at Niepoort, this climatic variability has a major impact on the final profile of the wines, and so this year was one to remember.
The whole clusters were lightly crushed in granite lagares where they were trodden. The most important aspect of this winemaking process is the pre-fermentation maceration period and the start of alcoholic fermentation, where extraction is very short but intense. Charme’s fermentation is initially done in lagares, and then the process is completed in barrels. It ages in French oak barrels for 15 months. Bottled in February 2014.
Gastronomic suggestion: Mushrooms and game dishes, such as partridge and pheasant.
Awards
96/ 100 – James Suckling – Top 100 Portuguese Wines 2023
Allergens information
Contains sulphites.
SKU: 100267-3
