Niepoort-Morgadio da Calçada - Tawny Reserve Porto
Region: Porto
Producer: Niepoort
Why we chose this wine
"Morgadio da Calçada Tawny Reserve was created with the objective of portraying a classic style of port wine, where the characteristics of freshness and ripe fruit in young wines slowly give way to aromas and flavours from a long and calm evolution . A rich and complex wine, resulting from a rigorous selection of special wines with 6, 7 years of age."
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Field Blend: Tinta Roriz,Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinto Cão, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Amarela, Sousão en andere |
| Drinking window | n.v.t. |
| Serveren bij | chocoladedesserts en bepaalde kazen |
| Alc. | 20.0% |
| Vinification | The grapes are sourced from various parcels of vineyards with different classic Douro grape varieties. Fermentation is carried out in traditional lagares, with foot treading. After which ageing is carried out in the lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia in tr aditional 600L casks where oxygen reveals itself as a fundamental element in the process of altering the organolactic characteristics of the wine. After 6, 7 years ageing the wines are blended prior to bottling." |
| Ripening | 6 to 7 years in pipes of 550 liters. |
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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