Niepoort The Junior Ruby

INTRODUCTION

Niepoort's philosophy has been, in recent decades, to innovate, diversify, break taboos, maintain tradition. Alongside the redesigned The Senior Tawny, in which we used the bottle with the most traditional shape and a mustache to underline seniority, we redesigned the Junior Red based on the concept of a young, fresh and contemporary wine. Junior Ruby is bottled very young and spends the rest of its life in the bottle, where it is protected from outside influences. This process guarantees optimal preservation of its youth, dark colour, freshness and the aromas and flavors of black fruits. Senior Tawny spends most of its time aging in small barrels in the Niepoort cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia. The barrels allow a smooth and light contact with the air through the porosity of the wood, resulting in a slow process of oxidation over the years.

VINIFICATION:

Junior Ruby comes from low-yielding old vines in the Cima Corgo region of the Douro Valley. The grapes are predominantly trodden in lagares, before aging in French oak barrels, in our cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia.

TEST RESULTS:

With its concentration of tannins, it is a full-bodied wine, with a fine and intense aroma of plums and blackberries, with hints of chocolate. On the palate, it displays great freshness, with well-integrated dark fruits.