Gonçalves Faria Tinto 2016, Niepoort
Region: Bairrada
Producer: Niepoort
Why we chose this wine
António Maia Ferreira Faria was one of the most iconic Bairrada producers of the 90s. Wines such as the Tonel 5 1990 or the Reserva 1991 will forever remain engraved in Bairrada’s wine history. It is a great privilege for Dirk Niepoort, who used to distribute these wines, to work with these magnificent vineyards. Year after year, we aim to produce timeless wines with depth and character which pay homage to the late António Maia Ferreira Faria and his son João Pedro who is now in charge of the work in these vineyards.
Ondanks zijn jeugd toont de wijn al een indrukwekkend evenwicht en fijne tannines die harmoniëren met de tonen van vers fruit. In combinatie met een ongelooflijke structuur en kracht zorgen het levendige fruit en de uitstekende zuurgraad voor een delicate, elegante en uitzonderlijk fijne wijn. De afdronk is verfrissend, zilt en geeft duidelijk uitdrukking aan het kalkrijke terroir van de wijn. Deze wijn drinkt heerlijk als hij jong is en zijn harmonie toont, maar hij belooft ook een groot rijpingspotentieel.
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| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Baga |
| Drinking window | 2019-2035 |
| Alc. | 11.0% |
| Vinification | The wine was fermented in open lagares for 4 weeks before completing its fermentation process in large, used 2500L vats. In these same vats, the wine went through malolactic fermentation and a maturation period of 20 months before it was bottled unfiltered. |
| Ripening | 20 months in used barrels |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
Four weeks fermenting in open lagares, then twenty months in used 2500-litre casks, bottled unfiltered. That long maceration gives this wine its firm, fine-grained tannin — at only eleven degrees of alcohol, which keeps it surprisingly light on the tongue. Dirk Niepoort makes it with the son of António Faria, in the style that made his name in Bairrada in the nineties.
Drie gerechten die werken
Suckling pig with crisp skin
Duck breast with braised chicory
Bistecca alla fiorentina
Duck breast with braised chicory
Bistecca alla fiorentina
Vegetarisch
Chickpeas stewed with peppers and rosemary
Minder geschikt bij
Fish and shellfish: tannin of this calibre turns them metallic.
Voor de Portugees geïnspireerde kok
Leitão da Bairrada — suckling pig with crisp skin, the regional dish the Baga of Bairrada was quite literally made for
Serveren op 16–17 °C, an hour in a decanter
What the critics say
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
95+/ 100
Published 12-12-2024
Drink: 2024–2034
Drink: 2024–2034
“The 2016 Gonçalves Faria Tinto is from a single plot from the Gonçalvez Faria that was replanted in the 1980s and planted with 100% Baga (not the old field blend of the old vines) on clay soils, because the limestone is quite deep down. It has the profile of Cantanhede, with a more rustic tannin, but a wine that will age with elegance. This fermented in stainless steel with 100% destemmed grapes and matured in a single Austrian oak vat. It has only 11% alcohol from a balanced year with more freshness but little problems with rain, a very easy year of healthy grapes and one of the most balanced years they have produced, together with 2021, years of more freshness. The wine has a medium body and medium concentration, with an ethereal quality to it and very fine tannins, and it has acidity. They tend to harvest quite early, and the wines tend to age very well. This is developing quite slowly in bottle. This wine was produced in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and then stopped and resumed in 2021. In 2016, they did 3,391 bottles.”
— Luis Gutiérrez, Robert Parker Wine Advocate
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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