Drink Me - Bairrada 2025, Nat' Cool Series
Region: Nat' Cool
Producer: Niepoort
Why we chose this wine
Nat Cool represents an innovative concept initiated by Niepoort, in which different producers have come together to create light and easy to drink wines. DrinkMe is produced in the Bairrada region, where a different and elegant side of the Baga grape variety is highlighted to create an incredibly light and accessible wine that is just waiting to be enjoyed. The vines are between 40 and 100 years old and are grown on clay-limestone.
The Nat'Cool label can be used freely by other winemakers as long as they respect the rules: natural vinification, no ageing in wooden barrels, light extraction and low alcohol content. In this way, we, as consumers, are assured of maximum drinking pleasure. All wines bearing the label are offered in 1 litre bottles at a reasonable price.
This wine offers an expressive aromatic profile full of freshness and floral notes. It superbly brings out the character of the Baga grape variety and the Bairrada region, with beautiful aromas of strawberries, dried roses and some spices. These notes are part of a minerality reminiscent of the limestone soils of the vines and the Atlantic climate. Fresh, direct and very seductive, this wine is light with a taste of coming back! Serve chilled.
The Nat'Cool label can be used freely by other winemakers as long as they respect the rules: natural vinification, no ageing in wooden barrels, light extraction and low alcohol content. In this way, we, as consumers, are assured of maximum drinking pleasure. All wines bearing the label are offered in 1 litre bottles at a reasonable price.
This wine offers an expressive aromatic profile full of freshness and floral notes. It superbly brings out the character of the Baga grape variety and the Bairrada region, with beautiful aromas of strawberries, dried roses and some spices. These notes are part of a minerality reminiscent of the limestone soils of the vines and the Atlantic climate. Fresh, direct and very seductive, this wine is light with a taste of coming back! Serve chilled.
| Volume | 100.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Baga |
| Drinking window | 2026-2029 |
| Alc. | 11.0% |
| Vinification | vinified in stainless steel vats, carbonic maceration, the wine fermented for 5 weeks before undergoing malolactic fermentation. |
| Ripening | Aged for 6 months in these same vats. The wine is bottled without filtration. |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
At Niepoort, Nat'Cool is not a style but a rulebook: natural vinification, no oak, and it has to drink light. This Baga keeps to it strictly — minimal extraction, a short stay in steel, eleven degrees of alcohol. What you get is the scent and the tension of the grape in their most direct form.
Drie gerechten die werken
Fried squid rings
Grilled chouriço
Pork gyoza with black vinegar
Grilled chouriço
Pork gyoza with black vinegar
Vegetarisch
Bruschetta with tomato and basil
Minder geschikt bij
Thickened sauces or long-braised meat. It is lightly built and stays that way next to something sturdy; you stop hearing it.
Voor de Portugees geïnspireerde kok
Chouriço assado — chouriço grilled at the table over burning spirit, the standard bite with a young Baga
Serveren op 12–13 °C
The producer
Niepoort
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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