Sempar Portalegre Branco 2022, Niepoort
Region: Portugal
Producer: Niepoort
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Bical, Fernão Pires, Alvarinho, Verdelho and Arinto |
| Drinking window | 2023-2028 |
| Alc. | 11.5% |
| Vinification | Fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 16°C. The wine then matured for 8 months in amphorae on the fine lees, starting from the end of fermentation.<br /><br /> |
| Ripening | - |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
Portalegre is the most northerly and highest part of the Alentejo, and therefore the coolest — exactly why Niepoort is there. Fermentation happens in steel at sixteen degrees, then eight months in amphorae and on the fine lees. That combination is the whole point: the altitude gives the acidity, the amphora gives the texture, and neither leaves behind a flavour that does not come from the grape. Bical, Fernão Pires and Alvarinho, and at weight six the lightest Alentejo wine we have.
Chicken broth with chickpeas and mint
Tuna salad with egg and olives
Serveren op 9–11 °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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