Conciso
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5 to 15 years from the vintage release, as its vibrant acidity and fine-grained tannins allow it to age gracefully.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, or grilled lamb chops.
✨ Technical Specifications
Dirk Niepoort's venture into the Dão region, Conciso (meaning concise or precise), is a tribute to the traditional, elegant Dão reds of yesteryear. Sourced from centenarian field-blend vineyards planted on the granite slopes of the Serra da Estrela, this wine is dominated by Baga and Jaen. Dirk sought to move away from the heavy, over-extracted modern styles, instead crafting a wine of remarkable freshness, low alcohol, and high acidity. Fermented in traditional granite lagares and aged in large, neutral wooden foudres, Conciso captures the ethereal, mineral-driven essence of the Dão's ancient soils, showcasing a delicate profile of red berries, pine needle, and wet stone.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1842 by Franciscus Marius van der Niepoort, Niepoort has evolved from a venerable family-run Port shipper into one of the most visionary and influential forces in Portuguese viticulture. Guided by fifth-generation iconoclast Dirk Niepoort alongside his son Daniel, the estate has redefined Douro winemaking by championing terroir-driven, lower-alcohol dry table wines alongside monumental fortified expressions. Sourcing fruit from steep, schistose terraces in the Cima Corgo as well as granitic and clay-limestone soils across Dão, Bairrada, Vinho Verde, and the volcanic slopes of Pico, viticulture prioritizes biodiversity, old field blends, and biodynamic principles. Winemaking emphasizes minimal cellar intervention, whole-bunch fermentations, and traditional foot-treading in granite lagares. Celebrated benchmarks span legendary, ethereal Colheitas and Vintage Ports to nuanced dry still icons such as Redoma, Batuta, Charme, and Quinta de Baixo’s Gonçalves Faria, all defined by remarkable mineral tension, textural finesse, and age-worthy elegance.
🍇 Grapes
Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Jaen, Alfrocheiro