Niepoort 'Charme'

Charme 2009 full of richness, freshness and elegance, with cherry, plums and pine needles aromas, earthy notes of mushrooms and truffles and elegant notes of tea leaves. The palate is long and fresh with good structure supported by soft tannins, mineral notes involving fruit and contributing to a very long, intense lasting finish.

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2009 was a very fresh year until the beginning of August. A good amount of water in the soil and a cold weather, unusual in the Douro Valley were leading us to a long maturation season. But incredible high temperatures from 12th of August onwards resulted in a very fast maturation process all over the region. Harvest started earlier, in the beginning of September. Fermentation was done in traditional stone lagares, foot trodden, with all the stems. After a short maceration, alcoholic and malolactic fermentations were finished in French oak barrels, where the wine aged for 14 months. Bottling was done without any fining or filtration

Serve 16 -18°C