clay-heavy soils that contrast with the domaine’s more calcareous
and it was not because he wanted to
now practices regenerative farming and employs minimal intervention winemaking
2021 is an extraordinary Piedmont vintage
This results in a wine defined by a fine-grained texture and a persistent
2020 Niepoort, Late Bottled Vintage Port - Half Bottle Subregion_Vacqueyras clay-heavy soils that contrast withNiepoort is a family owned Port house that has operated in the Douro Valley since 1842, now managed by the sixth generation of the family. The grapes for this wine are grown in the Cima Corgo sub region, where vines are planted in steep, terraced schist soils that define the local landscape. In the glass, the wine offers concentrated aromas of dark berries, figs, and dried plums, supported by a firm, structured palate with silky tannins and balancing