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Niepoort, Ruby Port, NV

Fortified Wine from Porto & Douro, Portugal
by Niepoort
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Niepoort believes a Ruby Port should actually look like a ruby — translucent red rather than the opaque black of so many commercial bottlings — and this is the bottle that makes the argument. The grapes come from low-yielding Cima Corgo vineyards on schist, vines over thirty years old, hand-picked into small crates and then foot-trodden in granite lagares for four hours a day through harvest, the old labor-intensive method that extracts color and tannin gently. Fermentation is arrested with grape spirit about halfway through, leaving the wine sweet and fortified, and it then rests three years in large old oak casks in Vila Nova de Gaia — large vessels that keep the wine bright and fruity instead of letting it turn nutty. Unlike a Tawny, a Ruby is meant to be drunk young, while the fruit is still ringing. A light chill does it no harm at all.

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More about Niepoort

One of the last family-owned Port houses standing, Niepoort has been in the Niepoort family since 1842. Dirk Niepoort is the fifth generation of his family making Port—he cut his first vintage back in 1987—and now his son Daniel has joined to mark generation six. But Niepoort isn't resting on Port laurels; they're making unfortified table wines across multiple Portuguese regions, blending old-world Port tradition with new-world ambition. When a house can claim nearly two centuries and still feel alive, that's something.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Tempranillo , Tinta Francisca , Touriga Franca , Touriga Nacional

  • Vintage

    NV

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Sweet

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Flourless chocolate cake, Stilton or a ripe Serra da Estrela, walnut tart, or a bowl of dark cherries after dinner.

Tasting Profile

Blackberry, black cherry and plum with licorice and black pepper. Full-bodied and sweet, with soft tannin, vivid fruit and a warming, spirity finish.

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