Project Description
It’s Port Week! To celebrate, Dirk Niepoort and Stefano Marello of Niepoort Vinhos joined John Sporing, founder of A Life Well Drunk for a virtual tasting on January 12th, 2021.
Did you miss the live tasting? Don’t worry, watch it here:
In the first of two Port Week tastings, we sipped and discussed four of their wines:
10 Year Old Tawny
Colheita 2004
LBV
Vintage 2017
About Niepoort
Niepoort has been an independent family business since 1842. Through five generations, the business passed successfully from one Niepoort to the next Niepoort and in most cases, the older and younger generations worked side by side.
Niepoort’s mission is to maintain its position of “niche player”, continuing to produce distinctive ports and Douro wines, combining centuries-old tradition with innovation. This combination has come to include wines from two other regions that have contributed to marking out the Douro – Bairrada – Dão triangle.
The importance they attach to the need to interpret soils, climates and grape varieties has led them on the path of Biodynamics, a relationship that looks to respect the “moods” of Nature, listening to nature to find a balance between biodiversity and the least possible intrusive intervention. In Biodynamics, they give particular attention to the interrelationship between all the people involved in a continuous demand for respect for their idiosyncrasies and appreciation of what they have and bring of best to the Niepoort family.
