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Kirjeldus

Coche on kindlasti Niepoorti kõige haruldasem valge vein, segu Rabigato, Códega do Larinho, Arinto ja paljudest teistest valgetest Douro piirkonnale omastest marjasortidest. Veiniaed asub 600-750 meetri kõrgusel merepinnast ning veinipuude vanus on 80+ aastat. Kääritamine toimub Prantsuse tammevaatides (228L ja 550L, tootja François Frères), millest 50% olid uued vaadid. Vein laagerdus samades tammevaatides 12 kuud.

Niepoorti valgetest veinidest on Coche kindlasti kõige “tammisema noodiga” aga tegemist ei ole kindlasti jõulise ega raske veiniga. Coche meenutab Burgundiat, millel on lisaks Dirk Niepoorti hinnatud käekiri: meeldiv happesus ja mineraalsus ning madal alkohol (12.5%). Veinil on väga hea vananemispotentsiaal, soovituslik joomisaken 2025-2040.

“The Coche is without question our most exclusive white wine, but it is also a wine which aims to reach beyond the expression of its vineyards, region and provenance. The old vines and high altitude are the fundamental factors responsible for the success of this wine. Year after year the greatest challenge lies in achieving a balance between its body and acidity in order to create a fresh wine with tremendous ageing potential.” Dirk Niepoort

“This has a lovely nose of pears and quince with flinty notes. The palate is sophisticated, well constructed and medium- to full-bodied. It progresses beautifully with electric freshness and concludes with a long and persistent phenolic saline touch. Textural, layered and h1armonious. A blend made from mostly old-vine rabigato planted above 600 meters on mica schist soil.” James Suckling 97 points (2022 vintage)

“The just-bottled 2023 Coche their grand cru comes from two or three vineyards in the zone of Murça. It is more austere and cooler produced like the Redoma Reserva but in specific barrels from specific forest and toast 30% of them new. It underwent full malolactic and one year of élevage in these barrels stabilized by keeping it four months in stainless steel. It was singing when I tasted it. It has the serious and reductive character that is a constant here and it is spicy smoky and flinty with notes of cold smoke dry flowers and herbal tea and a dry serious and chalky mouthfeel. It reminds me of the great 2021 with austerity contained ripeness and great precision and purity pungent and long. 10000 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2024.” Wine Advocate 97 points (2023 vintage)