BATUTA

Batuta is not made every year and this is only the seventh year that Batuta has been produced. It
is a wine of extremes; the tannins are present yet fine and elegant. North facing very old vineyards
from Quinta do Carril are the main source for Batuta, but also older vines (about 100 years old)
near Quinta de Nápoles are included. Batuta results from a very delicate vinification system where
the alcoholic maceration is led to the extreme with very little agressive extraction and all details
are taken into account in order to obtain this very complex, fine and elegant wine.
Vinification
2007 was an excellent year, perfect to produce Batuta, with good amount of rainfall spread during all
growing and maturation season, maturation was very balanced without too much hydric stress, with low
yields all wines had the perfect combination between concentration and acidity. Harvest was done in
September. After rigorous selection both in the vineyard and in the winery, all the grapes were destemed.
The natural fermentation occurred in stainless steel conic vats, and wood fermentors with total skin
contact over 40 days. The wine passed directly into French oak barrels after pressing, malolactic
fermentation was done in barrel and the wine aged for 20 months.
Tasting Notes
Intense color and aroma with great complexity, earthy mineral character black fruit aromas, spicy
notes of black and green pepper, very elegant with mineral tobacco aromas, ends with subtle
coffee and toasty aromas. Very tight and precise on the palate, subtle with intense fruit and impressive
minerality. Fine and seductive tannic structure, balanced with very good acidity. Everything
linked to long last ending, with great persistent. THE EMPHASIS IS MORE ON THE
FRESHNESS THAN ON FRUIT. To age many years in bottle.
Technical information
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Product . Niepoort Batuta 2007
Produced . Niepoort (Vinhos) S.A.
Region . Douro
Year . 2007
Soil Type . Schist
Vines . Quinta do Carril and other old
vineyards
Average Vine Age . 70 years and over
100 years
Cast Varieties . Tinta Roriz, Touriga
Franca, Touriga Nacional and others
Vines per Ha . 6000
Prunning System . Double Guyot and
Royat
Alt. from Sea Level . 350-750 m
Harvest Period . September
Harvest method . Hand picked
Malolactic . Casks
Fermentation . Stainless steel lagars
Bottled . July 2009
Ageing . 20 month in french oak
casks (228 L)
Dry Extract . 27,6 g/dm3
Alcohol . 14,01% vol.
Total Acidity . 5,16 g/dm3 Tartaric Acid
Volatile acidity . 0,71 g/dm3
Acetic Acid
pH . 3.62
SO2 free wad . 24 mg/dm3