2023 Niepoort 'Drink Me Nat Cool' Bairrada Tinto 1L metras balanced with a rich but

balanced with a rich but balanced acid line

The terroir is excellent - similar to Saint-Émilion - the bedrock is calcaire à astéries (literally meaning 'starfish limestone') referring to ancient fossil-rich strata from the Oligocene

It’s poised and precise

Firm acidity carries a long

saline lift on the finish

2023 Niepoort 'Drink Me Nat Cool' Bairrada Tinto 1L metras balanced with a rich butNB: This wine comes in 1L bottles Made from hand harvested Baga grapes, 'Drink Me Nat Cool' is a chilled red made by Dirk and Verena Niepoort of the famed Niepoort Port house located along the Douro River in Portugal. Dirk and Verena are the 5th generation to be growing and making wine within the family, still honouring traditional techniques and methods such as using Lagares granite fermentation vessels (similar to a Palmento found in Sicily). Baga,