NIEPOORT - WHITE
White port is made from white grapes: Malvasia, Viosinho and Gouveio. The juice is fermented as a white wine until the fermentation is stopped by the addition of pure grape brandy. After spending one year in large wood vats the wine is transferred to Pipes (550 liter oak barrels). It is then aged in wood until at least 3 years before bottling.
VINIFICATION
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.
TASTING NOTES
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.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
PRODUCER
Niepoort (Vinhos) S.A.
REGION
Douro
SOIL TYPE
Schist
VINEYARDS
Covelinhas and Pombal
AVERAGE VINE AGE
Over 60 years
GRAPE VARIETIES
Côdega ,Rabigato, Viosinho, Arinto Gouveio and others
VINES PER HA
4000-6000
HARVEST PERIOD
September/October
HARVEST METHOD
Hand picked
FERMENTATION
Lagares/Foot Treading
AGEING
Small old oak casks
DRY EXTRACT
120.7
RESIDUAL SUGAR
102
ALCOHOL
20
BAUMÉ
3.2
PH
3.55
TOTAL ACIDITY
3.5
VOLATILE ACIDITY
0.2
FREE SO2 AT BOTTLING
69
VOLUMIC MASS
1
