Niepoort Charme

• Vintage: 2017
• Type: Red Unfortified still wines
• Capacity: 0, 75 L.
• Alcohol content: 13, 5º

• Country: Portugal
• D.O: D.O.C. Porto/Douro
• Varieties: Tempranillo, Touriga Francesa, Altres
• Allergens: Contains sulfites

Colour

Clean, clear and bright. Tile red color with garnet reflections, where it has a medium layer intensity. Very nice to look at.

AROMA:

Welcome on the nose with an explosion of notes of red fruits (sweet cherries and strawberries) in which they manage to meet and balance with the subtle aromas of the old barrel that gives it a unique personality and everything, harmonized with aromas of 'balsamic herbs, which give it very good freshness.

TASTE:

On the palate where the most frank and sincere notes of the fruit stand out. Incidentally, with silky tannins, firm and with a unique freshness, they manage to give the wine a wonderful length. Long and persistent finish.

The viticultural year preceding the 2017 harvest was extremely hot and dry. Although rainfall in November was above average, December and January gave us well under half the average of a normal year. Spring 2017 also brought much less rainfall than usual. Apart from slightly cooler conditions in August, the months from April through to September were very warm with a few short heat waves and thunderstorms in July. At Vale de Mendiz harvest started on 24 August in various vineyards which provide fruit for the Charme. The weather conditions for harvesting were good and the fruit proved to be of excellent quality. The decision to harvest early helped us to avoid berry shrinkage which became a problem towards the end of the harvest.

100% whole bunches were lightly crushed into granite lagares where they were foot trodden. What is most important in this winemaking process is the length of time of the pre-fermentation maceration and the beginning of alcoholic fermentation, where extraction is very short but intense. The Charme initially undergoes fermentation in lagares and then concludes the process in barrels. Minimal racking and ageing in French oak barrels for 15 months finish off the winemaking process.

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