Drink Me Nat Cool Branco
⏳ Drinking Window
Best enjoyed fresh, typically within 1 to 2 years of the vintage release to preserve its vibrant acidity and youthful spritz.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled sardines, fresh seafood salad, or light vegetable tempura.
✨ Technical Specifications
Dirk Niepoort's 'Nat Cool' initiative is a revolutionary nod to the past, aiming to redefine Portuguese wine with a focus on high drinkability, low intervention, and pure, uncomplicated pleasure. The 'Drink Me' Nat Cool Branco, hailing from the cool, Atlantic-influenced Vinho Verde region, is crafted from a blend of classic local white varieties including Azal, Arinto, Avesso, Trajadura, and Loureiro. Fermented in stainless steel tanks with minimal sulfur and bottled on its fine lees in a distinctive, eco-friendly one-liter bottle, this wine captures the breezy, vibrant spirit of traditional Vinho Verde. The whimsical 'Drink Me' label, reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland, invites wine lovers to enjoy a fresh, slightly cloudy, and naturally vibrant white wine that prioritizes terroir and fun over rigid formality.
🍾 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
Loureiro, Alvarinho, Arinto, Trajadura