Bairrada Tinto Poeirinho

Niepoort

Bairrada Tinto Poeirinho

Producer
Niepoort

Country
Portugal

Region
Bairrada

Sub-Region
Cantanhede

Appellation
Bairrada DOC

Farming
Sustainable, Organic, Biodynamic, Vegan

Varietals
100% Baga

Vineyards & Viticulture
The Poeirinho is a wine produced solely from the grapes of the Quinta de Baixo vineyards. Poeirinho refers to the former designation of the Baga grape variety. Dirk Niepoort’s great passion for this grape variety and the unique terroir of the Bairrada region inspired Niepoort to acquire a number of small, but very old, Baga vineyard sites around the Cantanhede area. Average vine age is 100 years.

Soils
Calcareous-clay

Harvest & Vinification
The 2016 Poeirinho was made using grapes from various very old vineyard blocks. It was fermented in open lagares and in closed tanks where it went through carbonic maceration, remaining there for four weeks before completing its fermentation in wooden vats. The wine went through malolactic fermentation in used wooden vats, where it also matured for 20 months. The wine was bottled unfiltered.