sexta-feira, 14 de julho de 2017

Niepoort Open Door 2017, 3rd edition: Niepoortland 3


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    On the summer afternoon of last July 1st, 2017, in the Niepoort cellars gardens in Vila Nova de Gaia, the third edition of the "Niepoort Open Door 2017" was held. Always an occasion not to be missed and an event to register in the serious oenophile agenda.

    A relaxed and informal opportunity to get to know the Niepoort universe, everything Niepoort has to offer, presented by the Niepoort family, the Colaborators team and wine making friends, who were the perfect hosts.

     Among several national and international proposals, some novelties and special and unique wines, we highligt here the following (tasted):

After starting with a "Legras" champagne, complex and full of character, 

the "Domaine Allain Graillot" wine, from Crozes Hermitages, Vallé du Rhône, France, 

"Sottimano", Barbaresco, Italy,

"Terroir al Limit", Priorat, Spain,

a great choice of "Buçaco" red wines, including one from the 1982 harvest in excellent shape,

"Soalheiro", among the wines presented, two natural wines, the "Soalheiro Terramatter 2016, an unfiltered organic Alvarinho grapes wine, and a first edition, the novelty "Soalheiro Nature Pur Terroir 2016", also an unfiltered biological and without sulphites Alvarinho wine.

the portuguese Dão region wines produced by António Madeira, in search of the region essence and one of the members of the project...

..."Nat'Cool", the new and very interesting project with a new registered brand, that associates wine producing friends and whose concept is the production of wines that respect the land, nature and the ecosystem, almost without oenological intervention, trying to preserve the maximum of all the grape components, with spontaneous fermentation, without extraction, with minimum intervention in the cellar, without the use of sulphurous and without corrections of acidity, for which the grapes are harvested earlier, a process that originates fresh and low alchool degree wines.

The Niepoort wines: a fantastic "Redoma Reserve white 1994", from the Bairrada region, the novelty "Gonçalves Faria 2013", white and red, a "Merlot Bairrada 2012" and a "Syrah Bairrada 2012", the new sparkling wine "Água Viva bruto blanc des blancs 2013", and the baga grape wines, "Poeirinho 2014" and "Poeirinho Garrafeira 2012".
And the Port wines, the cask samples "Niepoort LBV 2013" and "Niepoort 2015 Bioma Vinha Velha Vintage Port" and the "Niepoort Crusted" 2014 bottling and finally, as it is already a tradition, the opening and decanting of a single and very special "Niepoort Porto Garrafeira 1987"demijohn.


    Without further comments, as it was our initial purpose, here are some images:



Niepoort Portas Abertas 2017, 3.ª edição, Niepoortland 3

    Na tarde de verão do passado dia 1 de Julho, nos jardins das caves Niepoort, em Vila Nova de Gaia, realizou-se a terceira edição "Niepoort Portas Abertas 2017". É sempre uma ocasião a não perder e um evento de interesse que deve marcar a agenda de todo o enófilo sério.

    Uma óptima oportunidade para conhecer o universo Niepoort, tudo o que a Niepoort tem para oferecer neste ano, apresentado pela família, a equipa de colaboradores e amigos produtores de vinho, os perfeitos anfitriões.

    Entre propostas nacionais e internacionais, algumas novidades e também vinhos especiais e únicos, deixamos aqui alguns (provados) em destaque:

Depois do início com o champagne "Legras", complexo e cheio de carácter, 

os vinhos do "Domaine Alain Graillot" (Crozes Hermitage, Vallé du Rhône, França),

"Sottimano" (Barbaresco, Itália),

"Terroir al Limit" (Priorat, Espanha),

os grandes vinhos "Buçaco", tintos no caso, incluíndo um da colheita de  1982, em excelente forma, 

"Soalheiro" que, entre os vinhos do seu portfolio nas colheitas mais recentes, dois vinhos naturais, o "Soalheiro Terramatter 2016", um Alvarinho não filtrado de agricultura biológica, e também, em primeira edição, a novidade "Soalheiro Nature Pur Terroir 2016", também um vinho biológico, não filtrado e sem adição de sulfitos.

Os vinhos do Dão de António Madeira, em busca da essência da região e um dos associados do projecto...

...Nat'Cool, o interessante projecto, com uma nova marca registada, que associa amigos produtores de vinho e que tem como principio a produção de vinhos que respeitem a terra e que preservem a natureza e o ecossistema, quase sem intervenção enológica, que tentam conservar ao máximo todos os componentes da uva, com fermentações espontâneas, sem extracção, com o mínimo de intervenção na adega, sem a utilização de sulfuroso, sem correcções de acidez, para o que as vindimas ocorrem mais cedo e que originam vinhos frescos e com pouco grau alcoólico.

Nos vinhos "Niepoort", foi servido um excelente "Redoma Reserva branco 1994", dos vinhos da Bairrada, a novidade "Gonçalves Faria 2013", branco e tinto, "Merlot Bairrada 2012" e "Syrah Bairrada 2012", o novo espumante "Água Viva" bruto, blanc des blancs 2013, e depois nos tintos baga, "Poeirinho 2014" e "Poeirinho Garrafeira 2012".

Nos vinhos do Porto, as amostras de casco "Niepoort LBV 2013" e "Niepoort 2015 Bioma Vinha Velha Vintage Port" e depois "Niepoort Crusted" engarrafado em 2014. Por fim, como já é tradição, a abertura e decantação do único e sempre muito especial demijohn "Niepoort Porto Garrafeira 1987".

Sem mais comentários, como era a nossa intenção inicial, algumas imagens:





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quinta-feira, 13 de julho de 2017

It´s written on the bottle: Taylor's 325th anniversary Tawny Reserve

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   A short and interesting piece of bottle "literature":

    The wine
    "To produce this exclusive limited edition blend, our winemakers have drawn on Taylor's extensive reserves of old cask aged Ports and selected individual component wines originally set aside for the company's 10, 20, 30 and 40 Year Old Tawnies.
    This opulent and seductive aged Tawny is fitting commemoration of Taylor's 325th anniversary and a tribute to the firm's expertise in ageing and blending the finest cask aged Ports."

    and about the bottle special design:
    "Antique sealed bottles.
    The enjoyment of wine is part of cultural history, as is the development of the glass bottle. The romans made a decisive contribution to bottle manufacture by developing the art of glass blowing. This led eventually to the appearance of mould-blown in around 1st century B.C..
    Later the practice emerged of attaching seals to bottles to identify their owners. Normally circular in shape, these seals bore the owners name, initials, crest or other personal symbol. From the 17th to the 19th century, landed gentry and other well-to-do families ordered personalized sealed bottles as a statement of wealth and status. Vintners and merchants also ordered bottles bearing their commercial symbols. At that time, bottles were used primarily to convey wine from the taverner's cask to the table and were used in the same way as a carafe or decanter would be today.
    This bottle is based on a unique 17th century sealed bottle, made at around the time of our foundation in 1692. It is the earliest example of an intact bottle bearing a merchant's mark, in this case the "4" and "XX" symbol still used as Taylor's trademark to this day.".




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