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Colour purple red |
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Bouquet red berry fruit aromas are accompanied by a hint of minerality and subtle notes of smoke and spice |
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Flavour The palate has good volume of sweet fleshy fruit and cleansing-dry tea-like fruit tannins. |
Vertente means ‘the slope of a hill’ … at which there are always several ways to look. The innovation alluded to is Dirk’s use of temperature controlled stainless steel lagares, in which the wine is trodden and fermented before 16 months in oak – tradition both retained and tweaked. The extraction is gentle, to promote delicacy. The fruit is a selection of Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca and Tinta Amarela from 60yo vines.
17,00 €
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Grape: Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca and others
The Vertente is produced from vineyards which are more than 35 years old, growing in the Quinta de Nápoles, and from old vines planted on the slopes of the Pinhão River where Touriga Franca, Tinta Amarela and Rufete are the predominant varieties. The old vines contribute to the wine’s elegance, while the younger fruit lend it a youthful freshness. In this excellent 2015 red, concentration, fruit, complexity and elegance create a unique harmony. In line with the Niepoort style, the Vertente is finer, more elegant and more linear with every vintage.
Winemaking
The harvest takes place exclusively by hand. With mechanical press, 70% of this wine is fermented in stainless steel tanks. The remaining 30% in stainless steel fermentation tanks. The malolactic fermentation of this wine takes place in French oak barriques. For a total of 20 months this wine rests in the wooden barrels.
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