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Wine Description
The Story
In 2004 Dirk and his designer Cordula Allesandri launched a project to produce an appealing label for the german market with the aim to bring DOURO wines closer to the german wine consumer. Wilhem Busch storyboard label and the name FABELHAFT was the result. After the success in german speaking markets, Niepoort began to develop labels for other countries i.e.: Portugal (Diálogo), Norway (Fabelaktig), Finland (Sarvet), Allez Santé (Belgium), E...
Vintage 2010
After three very dry years in Douro, the winter of 2009-2010 saw an extraordinary change, with heavy rains of 100 mm or more recorded at Pinhão for each of six months in a row. The viticultural year progressed well until July and August when we had not one drop of rain. Temperatures in excess of 35ºC throughout most of August slowed the maturation cycle, as the vines cannot photosynthesise and mature the grapes properly in conditions of contin...
