Projectos Pinot Noir
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Typically best enjoyed 3–8 years from the vintage release, showing beautiful primary fruit in its youth while developing complex earthy undertones with short-term cellaring.
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Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, grilled salmon
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Dirk Niepoort's obsession with Burgundy is legendary, and his 'Projectos' series serves as a creative playground for experimental, limited-run wines. The Projectos Pinot Noir is a fascinating exercise in terroir tension, transplanting Burgundy's finicky noble grape to the rugged, high-altitude schist soils of the Douro (Duriense). To preserve the grape's delicate nature and vibrant acidity against the region's intense sun, the vines are planted in cool, elevated plots. Vinified with traditional low-intervention methods, including partial whole-cluster fermentation and aging in older French oak casks, this rare bottling marries the ethereal, red-berry elegance of Pinot Noir with the distinctive, smoky minerality of Portuguese slate soils.
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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.