2024 Niepoort Reserva Branco, Pico, Portugal Iliana Malihin settling before transfer to older

settling before transfer to older oak barrels for indigenous yeast fermentation

100% Vermentino grapes from the Costa Marina vineyard

delicate tannins and awash in pink peppercorns

25 y/o vines

2024 Niepoort Reserva Branco, Pico, Portugal Iliana Malihin settling before transfer to olderFor many years, Dirk Niepoort regularly visited the Azores, especially the island of So Miguel, until one day, he also made it to the island of Pico. It was love at first sight: surrounded by unique stone wall enclosures that shelter the vineyards from the Atlantic, the vines create wines with a salinity that drew us to the island. This World Heritage Site embodies the persistence verging on stubbornness that is needed to produce wine in such