Niepoort Aguardente Vinica Velha
⚡︎ 146,224€ 97.50 / 70 cl
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ProducerNiepoort
RegionDouro
GrapesWijnbrandewijn van Portugese druiven
AgeingDecades in oak casks
Alcohol40%vol
| Producer | Niepoort |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Wijnbrandewijn van Portugese druiven |
| Ageing | Decades in oak casks |
| Alcohol | 40%vol |
| Serving | 16°C |
An old Aguardente Vínica that rested for decades in oak casks at Niepoort.
Tasting note
Dark topaz with orange hues. Hints of wood, finely balanced. Very concentrated and intense after long ageing in oak casks, with a long, fragrant finish.
The story
This old brandy is available again, after resting for decades in oak casks in Niepoort’s cellars.
Aguardente (from ‘água ardente’, fiery water) is the Portuguese name for spirits, usually distilled from wine. Aguardente Vínica is distilled from wine and aged in oak or chestnut casks: at least six months, and at least a year for an Aguardente Vínica Velha. Portugal has a long tradition of distilling wine, since every Port needs grape spirit.
Food pairing
A delicious digestif, also lovely with a good cup of coffee: the Portuguese often add it to their espresso. Aguardente is also used in cocktails such as the Bali Hai, the caipirinha or the ginjinha, with Ginja cherries and sugar.
The producer
Niepoort was founded in 1842 in Vila Nova de Gaia and has belonged to the Dutch Van der Niepoort family for five generations. For more than a century it was a Port shipper without vineyards of its own. That changed when Dirk Niepoort joined his father Rolf in 1987: that year the family bought Quinta de Nápoles on the Tedo, in the Cima Corgo, followed by Quinta do Carril in 1988.
With the first Redoma in 1991 Niepoort became one of the pioneers of unfortified Douro wine, and a new winery was completed at Quinta de Nápoles in 2007. Dirk Niepoort also works in Bairrada, the Dão, Vinho Verde and the Mosel, and his son Daniel joined him at the helm in 2020. The Ports age in the cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia.
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