Niepoort, Nat Cool Baga, Bairrada, Portugal, 2020
90
Tasted by:
(at Baga for Beginners Tasting, 20 May 2022)
Drinking Window: 2022 - 2024
Pale but interesting, Baga goes 'glou glou' yet remains distinctive with its subtle chalky, smoky accent and fresh, saline piquancy. Just-picked raspberry and soft, sweet strawberry fruit add to the immediacy of this unoaked red, as do the gently grainy tannins. Pine needle and violet notes bring lift and nuance. An appetiser.
Producer
Niepoort
Brand
Nat Cool Baga
Vintage
2020
Wine Type
Still
Colour
Red
Country
Portugal
Region
Bairrada
Sweetness
Dry
Closure
Cork
Alcohol
12.50%
Body
Light
Oak
Unoaked
Grapes
100% Baga