Niepoort Twisted Tinto

The idea behind TWISTED is the creation of a pleasant easy drinking red wine keeping complexity mineral notes and great depth like the classic Douro wines. The label also tells a story: creation and illustration are done by the american animator Bill Plympton. Vinification 2015 was a superb year in the vineyard with good levels of rainfall in the winter and a relatively dry growing season hence the low level of precipitation meant disease incidence was low; a relatively early veraison in July led to an early harvest in September before the onset of rain in the middle of the month fruit was in optimum condition and picked well before the rain in order to maintain the high levels of acidity balance and freshness in the wines. The grapes were picked at optimum ripeness with high acidity contents and balanced sugar levels. After selection the fruit was 100% destemmed and the fermentation took place in stainless steel vats with 8 to 15 days of skin maceration. 15% of the wine