Charme is all about elegance and balance, achieved by taking special attention to the smallest details during the entire wine-making process. Made in traditional stone lagares with 100% grape stems, Charme’s elegance is achieved using grapes from very old vineyards in Vale de Mendiz, on the banks of the Pinhão River.
Serve at 16-18 °C with mushrooms and game dishes
he 2009 CHARME is an old vines (70-100 years) blend aged in French oak for 14 months. Meaty on first taste and seeming a bit fleshy this year, this resolves nicely and comes together, although it has a notable smokey note on the bouquet and palate. Its caressing texture is lovely. That smokey aspect won't please everyone. Crisp and a bit on the high acid side, it is elegant in the mid-palate, but quite penetrating and persistent on the finish, helped along by that acidity. Perhaps this will come together a bit with a little more time, the aromatics moderating with age. There were 9,900 bottles produced. Drink now-2019.
Niepoort is an independent family business since 1842. Through five generations, the business passed successfully from one Niepoort to the next Niepoort and in most cases older and younger generation worked side by side for a long period. At this time, we are enthusiastically looking forward to the future sixth generation, anticipating close collaboration
