2021 Niepoort Napoles Bastardo, Douro, Portugal La Spinona but the wine is generous

but the wine is generous and drinkable with juicy flavors of black cherry and plum

Soil: Steep terraces of Schist with calcareous marls and clay

sourced from 15 to 20-year-old vines planted at an elevation of 100 meters above sea level

Bottle-aged a year before release

after which point it is racked and aged six months in cement and given an additional year of rest in bottle before release

2021 Niepoort Napoles Bastardo, Douro, Portugal La Spinona but the wine is generousBastardo is a grape variety which can be found in the old vineyards of the Douro Valley. Known as Trousseau in the French Jura region, it is a variety which has a short growth cycle, ripens early, and is normally used for increasing sugar levels in the musts produced from grapes growing in colder areas. The idea behind this Bastardo was to try to tame the rustic character of the variety and to tease out its elegant and fresh side. Niepoort