Collection: NIEPOORT VINHOS

Nat Cool, naturally "cool and funky," is an innovative concept created by Niepoort, a movement of unity among various producers with the aim of creating light and easy-to-drink wines. We have created a wine, reminiscent of the "cloudy" wines of yesteryear, which were bottled very early still with some residual sugar and in th... Read more

In 2021 we had some unforeseen rains, which implied some difficulties in controlling the appearance of diseases. However, our viticulture was always under control. With a spring with heat peaks, the grapes ripened earlier, which led to an early harvest. The white wines started on 26 August and the red wines finished on 26 September. It was a goo... Read more

The year 2018 was a fresh year until August, with the coolest July in the history of the 21st century. Ripening of the vine was about 3 weeks behind the year 2017. In the first days of August there was a strong increase in temperature: August 4th was the warmest day of the 21st century (to date) and the ripening of the grapes continued slowly du... Read more

VINIFICAÇÃO As uvas provêm da Casa de Vilar na sub-região de Sousa, de uma vinha com Alvarinho e Avesso, e da Quinta de Val Boa, situada na sub-região de Basto, onde neste momento, vinificamos e engarrafamos todos os vinhos verdes. Este vinho foi elaborado a partir das castas Avesso, Trajadura e Azal, todas elas vinificadas separadamente em cuba... Read more

To express the Douro's character in this white, we went up in altitude in search of vineyards with indigenous grape varieties, planted in mycasista soils and presenting the true rocky character of this valley. Through fermentation, in stainless steel vats, we looked for complexity and lightness. Luís Afonso's illustration tells stories o... Read more

Planted at an altitude of over 500 meters in the Alijó region, the Moscatel Galego grapes were harvested in mid-September and then transported in cold storage to the Quinta de Nápoles winery. Being healthy grapes with high acidity and low sugar content, they resulted in a must with great aging potential. The alcoholic fermentation process was i... Read more

Gonçalo Faria white comes from several parcels of old and young vines. It was vinified in stainless steel vats, where it fermented for 3 weeks and ended the fermentation in 1000L used Fuders. The malolactic occurred in the same Fuders, where the wine aged for 18 months. It was bottled without filtration. Read more