Description
Glorious, old oak matured, toasty white from Dirk Niepoort in Portugal.
The Sonda vineyards reach up to 550m altitude. The temperature is cooler here, which preserves the natural acidity of the wine by promoting slow, even ripening. The vines themselves are low-yielding and up to 50 years old, providing serious concentration of flavour.
Sonda Branco: An expressive field blend wine composed of native white varieties (Rabigato, Arinto, Viosinho, Codega do Larinho and more). This is a rich yet incredibly mineral wine with notes of lemon peel and slate on the nose. The wine undergoes full malo and is matured for a year in old oak barrels, giving the wine a creamy texture with a dash of almond. A juicy, lemony acidity bounds the wine together.
Dirk Niepoort has been working here since 2010 and thinks this is potentially some of Portugal’s best terroir. The fruit is from 80-year-old vines grown on calcareous clay soils.
Vegan friendly.
Organic uncertified farming.
12% / 75cl
