Niepoort (Vinhos) S.A.
Drink Me Nat Cool Vinho Verde Branco
Vinho Verde, Minho, Portugal
Niepoort, drink me Nat Cool Vinho Branco 2024
A natty side project of Niepoort, under beer cap like a pet nat, smelling of cider at first (but this blows away after a while), unfiltered, sold in 1l bottles, opaque as a smoothy, very yeasty in smell, 11% abv. This is natural wine in a nutshell! This is also cool and unpretentious.
There are orange and lemon peel scents, yeasty, bready notes, some lemon juice. It's not your typical crisp and clear vinho verde. The palate is long, acid driven, with originally a softer, rounder mouthfeel with orange peel and bready notes, leaving a yeasty layer in the rear, that's almost feel like tannins. The finish is long, almost feeling like orange soda, with bitter and sour notes that goes on for a while. The yeasty, bready layer carries on until the very end.
For the natural wine heads out there. If you don't care for that style, you are better off skipping through to the next one. I kind of like this from time to time 😅 guilty as charged !
87 out of 100
Niepoort, drink me Nat Cool Vinho Branco 2024
A natty side project of Niepoort, under beer cap like a pet nat, smelling of cider at first (but this blows away after a while), unfiltered, sold in 1l bottles, opaque as a smoothy, very yeasty in smell, 11% abv. This is natural wine in a nutshell! This is also cool and unpretentious.
There are orange and lemon peel scents, yeasty, bready notes, some lemon juice. It's not your typical crisp and clear vinho verde. The palate is long, acid driven, with originally a softer, rounder mouthfeel with orange peel and bready notes, leaving a yeasty layer in the rear, that's almost feel like tannins. The finish is long, almost feeling like orange soda, with bitter and sour notes that goes on for a while. The yeasty, bready layer carries on until the very end.
For the natural wine heads out there. If you don't care for that style, you are better off skipping through to the next one. I kind of like this from time to time 😅 guilty as charged !
87 out of 100
Lightly fizzy and opaque, it tastes like a dry cider with a hint of sweetness. I quite like it.
Lightly fizzy and opaque, it tastes like a dry cider with a hint of sweetness. I quite like it.
Aug 23rd, 2023
Nice for a hot day. Cider vibes. Simple.
Nice for a hot day. Cider vibes. Simple.
Mar 12th, 2023
Crushed non filtered Porto cépage grab bag more fermenty residual spritz with unexpected tannins but soft savory white fruit kombucha nose is a big flower bouquet
Crushed non filtered Porto cépage grab bag more fermenty residual spritz with unexpected tannins but soft savory white fruit kombucha nose is a big flower bouquet
Aug 10th, 2021
A little fizzy and a little cloudy. Tastes pretty much the same as the 2018.
A little fizzy and a little cloudy. Tastes pretty much the same as the 2018.
Jan 18th, 2021
Had the 2018 vintage on a hot summer evening, just perfect.
Had the 2018 vintage on a hot summer evening, just perfect.
Aug 7th, 2020