Fabelhaft Tinto
⏳ Drikkevindue
Typically best enjoyed within 2 to 6 years from the vintage release, when its vibrant fruit and fresh acidity are at their peak.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Roasted chicken, pasta bolognese, or grilled pork chops.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Niepoort’s Fabelhaft Tinto is a landmark wine that helped redefine the global perception of Douro table wines. Conceived by the visionary Dirk Niepoort, this wine is celebrated not only for its vibrant contents but also for its whimsical labels, which feature the classic illustrations of German humorist Wilhelm Busch (specifically the raven Hans Huckebein)—a nod to storytelling that changes depending on the country of export (where it is sometimes known as Diálogo or Conversa). Sourced from the steep, schistous slopes of the Cima Corgo subregion, Fabelhaft is a classic Douro blend of Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, and Tinta Amarela. To preserve its youthful energy and terroir-driven minerality, the wine is fermented in stainless steel, with a portion aged in neutral French oak barriques. The result is a beautifully balanced, medium-bodied red that marries fresh dark fruit, balsamic notes, and slatey minerality with remarkably smooth tannins.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Niepoort blev grundlagt i 1842 af Franciscus Marius van der Niepoort og er et ikonisk, uafhængigt familieejet hus med base i Vila Nova de Gaia og dybe historiske rødder i Portugals Douro-dal. Huset har i over et århundrede været berømt for sine skelsættende Colheita- og Vintage Ports, men gennemgik en dynamisk renæssance under femtegenerations-visionæren Dirk Niepoort, der banede vejen for den moderne æra af uforstærkede Douro-bordvine i absolut topklasse. Med en kompromisløs forkærlighed for gamle vinmarker med field blends, minimal intervention i vinfremstillingen og et unikt terroirudtryk skaber vinhuset hyldede tørre vine som Batuta, Charme og Redoma sideløbende med nyere projekter i Bairrada og Dão. I dag står Niepoort som et globalt beundret pejlemærke for portugisisk vinkunst, der ubesværet forener en tidløs portvinsarv med innovative, elegante og mineralske bordvine.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cão