“I love Baga, it’s my disease”, Dirk enthuses. “It’s like Nebbiolo in Piedmont or Pinot Noir in Burgundy: it needs the right plot and proper handling in the winery. Baga and Bairrada (the region) are the best combination in Portuguese red.”

With his red wine release Niepoort chose the Baga grape. If you like medium bodied Nebbiolo or Pinot Noir, then you will love this wine. When we tasted it at D&N everyone’s faces lit up. The wine is so easy to drink, and it just keeps whispering in your ear – “have another glass”… This is a wine that has packed so much fun into a 1 litre bottle – obviously a no-brainer for summer.

Varietal – Baga

Soil type – Calcareous clay

Average vine age – 40 to 100 years old

Altitude above sea level – 80 to 100 metres

Harvest method – All hand picked

Vinification – This is not your typical inky, tannic expression of the Baga grape. Instead, you’ll find this light red table wine to have a very fruity character with freshness and floral notes. It’s an easy drinking wine fermented with wild yeasts and no sulphur during the carbonic maceration, in stainless-steel tanks. Pale, energetic, lightly funky, and very juicy, with aromas of red fruits and Mediterranean scrubland coming together on the nose. Unlike a lot of natural wines in this style it does undergo some malolactic, and the acidity is perfectly balanced. Dangerously easy to drink. Enjoy it with a nice chill on!

ABV-12.5% Alc