Doda Tinto

Rolf Niepoort was the driving force and Dirk Niepoort the creator of this project that started 17 years ago. This wine is born from the idea of ​​Rolf Niepoort, that “the ideal Portuguese wine will be one that manages to combine the elegance, freshness and longevity of Dão wines with the structure and power of Douro wines, that manages to reconcile the fruit of the shale soils of the Douro with the aromas of pine needles and the minerality of the granite soils of the Dão".

VINIFICATION: A large part of the Dão blend was vinified in a press, and then aged in French oak barrels, where the malolactic fermentation took place.

Around 50% of the Douro blend was vinified in vats and the rest in traditional granite mills, where it was trodden by foot with a short pre-fermentation maceration. After fermentation, the wine aged for 21 months in French oak barrels, where it underwent malolactic fermentation. The Doda was bottled without any fining.

TASTING NOTES: With a deep ruby ​​color and a brick ring, the Doda 2013 has a very foresty aroma, with minty notes and a balsamic touch that makes it very spicy. In the mouth it is very fine and robust at the same time, with a great balance between its herbaceous character, like some dry green tea leaf, and the tertiary notes of aging in wood. A flexible wine, which combines the best of both regions, the freshness of the Dão and the structure of the Douro, providing a very persistent and light aftertaste. Recommended decanting.