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Wine Description
The Story
Redoma is like the Douro, with character and strong personality: a wine with great structure, fine tannins and huge persistence. Redoma is produced from several vineyards located in Cima Corgo Region. These are over 60 year old vineyards mainly north facing where we can find a typical field blend of Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela and Tinto Cão. At Niepoort we feel Redoma is the perfect Douro ambassador.
Wine Information
2011 was characterised by a very early flowering and the whole of the growing cycle was brought forward, with the harvest beginning much sooner than usual. However, the vines planted at higher altitudes were slower to mature and the wines eventually provided moderate degrees of alcohol and good levels of tartaric acid and malic acid. The grapes for Redoma Red 2011 are from old vines near Quinta de Nápoles. After a careful selection on entering the cellar, the grapes were vinified with 30% stalks in a granite press, and trodden by foot. Redoma 2011 aged for 27 months, the first 12 months in used barrels of French oak where the malolactic fermentation took place, and the rest, in large capacity wooden vats. 16.632 bottles were bottled in December 2013.
TASTING NOTES
Redoma presents a very fresh and balsamic aroma. Deep and concentrated, it shows an austere side of the Douro, with vegetal notes and some stalks. Complex and multidimensional: on the one hand, the terroir, the shale, the cold of the winter is felt in the mouth; on the other hand, it is peppery, with notes of spice to reflect the heat of the hot summer months in the Douro. It is vibrant, with slightly rustic tannins, integrated into a refreshing acidity. The finish is long, mineral and extremely elegant. A wine with great ageing potential and lots of character.
Vintage 2011
2011 Vintage Port Declaration: All of the major port houses have now declared the 2011 vintage as being of exceptional quality. For many shippers this is the first declaration since 2007. The avalanche of declarations started with Sogrape, owners of Sandeman and Ferriera. This has been followed by Symington, the company that owns Dows, Graham Warre and Cockburn and Taylor Fladgate owners of the Fonseca and Taylors brands
