NV Niepoort Dry White Port, Douro, Portugal (750ml)   

Niepoort Dry White is made in the traditional style with long skin maceration. The final blend of mutiple varieties includes different wines aged in oak casks with an average of 3.5 years. Dry White is not bone dry, but is certainly drier in style than typical ruby and tawny Ports. It is lovely served chilled as an aperitif or as a long drink with tonic water, ice and a twist of lemon, especially in the Douro's hottest days of summer.

There are a number of varieties authorized for use in the production of white Port in the Douro. These include Sercial, Mavasia Fina, Arinto, Cercial, Donzelinho Branco, Folgasão, Gouveio Branco, Rabigato Branco, Viosinho, Vital and Verdelho. Dizzy yet? ;>) Vinification: The white grapes undergo long skin maceration, occasionally with foot treading in lagares, with fermentation carrying on to near dryness, before the addition of pure grape brandy. Ageing is carried in small old oak casks in Niepoort's cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia for at least 3.5 years before bottling. Golden -brown in colour with a delightful aroma of nuts and almonds, which comes through on the palate with a fresh concentrated spirity finish from extended ageing in small old oak barrels.