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Wine Description
The Story
Fulfilling a dream cherished by Dirk Niepoort, Turris is a wine made with grapes from a very old vine, expressing every small detail of the Nature, of its terroir. This very ancient vine, totally untrained, lost in the heart of the Douro region, is a gift from our forefathers. South facing, in the Cima Corgo area and planted more than 130 years ago, this is one of the oldest Douro vines that we know. The wine was bottled early to maintain its freshness, minerality, youthfulness and aromatic purity, and it is expected to age very well in the bottle.
Besides being a matchless wine, each bottle is unique, since the label was individually designed by the artist João Noutel. A particularity of the magnum and double magnum bottles is that they bear the signatures of everybody working for Niepoort.
Wine Information
2012 was characterised by low rainfall in the Douro region. Consequently, vines were on average two weeks behind their normal growth cycle in previous years. On the other hand, very low temperatures were recorded in the winter, resulting in consistent and balanced growth. The ripening period was cooler than normal, leading to a good balance between sugar and acidity, an essential factor for a fresh and balanced palate. The grapes were all harvested on 11 September.
Fermentation was in stainless steel tanks, with 25% of stems. The period of contact between solids and liquids lasted 5 weeks in a delicate process with very light maceration and limited extraction.
Turris aged for 15 months in two 1000-litre barrels with more than 60 years old and which were carefully brought from the Mosel region in Germany. The wine was bottled without fining or filtering.
