Turris
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Typically best enjoyed 8–25 years from the vintage release, showing incredible longevity and evolving beautifully with age.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, herb-crusted rack of lamb
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Dirk Niepoort's Turris is a monument to the ancient, high-altitude field-blend vineyards of the Cima Corgo in the Douro Valley. Sourced from a single, south-facing parcel of vines over 130 years old, this wine represents a radical departure from heavily extracted, oak-forward Douro reds, embracing instead a philosophy of elegance, freshness, and pure terroir expression. The field blend, containing dozens of co-planted traditional varieties such as Tinta Amarela, Rufete, and Touriga Franca, is fermented with 100% whole bunches to preserve natural acidity and structure. It is aged not in new French barriques, but in historic, large German oak Fuder casks imported from the Mosel, which allow the wine to breathe without imparting dominant woody flavors. The result is a deeply mineral, vertical, and ethereal red wine that beautifully captures the soul of the Douro's ancient schist soils.
🍾 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.