Description
Grape: Tinta Amarela, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, , and others
Batuta is a wine of extreme, from all the Niepoort wines, is the one that demonstrates the most discrete behavior. The tannins are present but are fine and elegant, the aroma is very rich and intense but never exuberant, has plenty of concentration from the old Douro vineyards but is fresh and elegant.
North facing very old vineyards from Quinta do Carril are the main source for Batuta. But the grapes also come from older vines (about 100 years old) near Quinta de Nápoles.
Batuta results from a very delicate vinification, where the alcoholic maceration is led to the limit and where all details are taken into account. In order to obtain this very complex, fine and elegant wine.
Winemaking
Grapes are painstakingly vinified to give a wine that is full of red berry flavours, yet is refined and elegant, before 22 months in oak adds even greater complexity and depth.