Doda
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Typically best enjoyed 5 to 15 years from the vintage, though top years can easily cellar for 20 years or more.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Roasted lamb with rosemary, wild boar stew, or seared duck breast.
✨ wine.spec_sheet
Doda is a legendary collaboration born from the friendship and shared vision of two of Portugal's most iconic winemakers: Dirk Niepoort of the Douro and Alvaro Castro of Quinta da Pellada in the Dao. The wine's name itself is a playful portmanteau of these two historic regions. This unique red represents a marriage of contrasting terroirs: the intense, sun-drenched schist slopes of the Douro Valley and the cooler, high-altitude granitic soils of the Dao. The blend typically combines classic Douro varieties like Touriga Franca and Tinta Roriz with Dao stalwarts such as Alfrocheiro, Jaen, and Touriga Nacional. Vinified separately in their respective regions before being blended and aged in French oak casks, Doda harmonizes the robust structure and dark fruit of the Douro with the mineral elegance, fresh acidity, and floral aromatics of the Dao.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Founded in 1842 by Franciscus Marius van der Niepoort, Niepoort is an independent, family-owned Port and wine producer headquartered in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. Under the visionary leadership of fifth-generation winemaker Dirk Niepoort, the house has seamlessly bridged its legendary Port heritage with groundbreaking dry still wines from the Douro, Bairrada, and Dão regions. Renowned for maintaining traditional methods such as foot-treading in granite lagares and aging in historic pipes, Niepoort produces highly acclaimed Colheita and Vintage Ports alongside iconic, elegant still wines like Redoma, Batuta, and Charme.