Gonçalves Faria Branco 2021, Niepoort
Region: Bairrada
Producer: Niepoort
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Bical and Maria Gomes |
| Drinking window | 2023-2040 |
| Alc. | 12.2% |
| Vinification | The fruit for the Gonçalves Faria Branco 2017 is sourced from various blocks of old and younger vines. It was fermented in stainless steel for 3 weeks and completed fermentation in old 1000L foudres. Malolactic fermentation took place in these same foudres where it matured for 19 months . |
| Ripening | 19 months in 1000 L vats |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
From various plots with old and younger vines: three weeks fermenting in steel, the fermentation finished in old foudres of a thousand litres, and the malolactic fermentation in those same barrels. Then nineteen months in those foudres. A thousand litres is so large that the oak no longer gives any flavour, and a completed malo makes the acidity softer without flattening the wine. Bical and Maria Gomes, weight ten with complexity twelve: a Bairrada that tells more than it weighs.
Pork tenderloin with pancetta and sage
Risotto with saffron and peas
Serveren op 11–13 °C
Dirk Niepoort's impact on the Portuguese wine landscape can hardly be overestimated. When he took over the helm from his father Rolf in 1990, as the 5th generation of the originally Dutch Van der Niepoort family, it was immediately clear that something was about to happen.
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