Niepoort NAT'Cool! Branco Vinho Verde (natural) 2021

Wine Type:
Style of Wine:	Light & Crisp
Country of Origin:	Portugal
Wine Region:	Vinho Verde
Grape Varietal:	Arinto, Trajadura, and Loureiro
Bottle Format:	1.0L
Case Size:	12 bottles
$341.40 Per Case ($28.45/btl) Add to Cart

Tasting Notes

Nat Cool is naturally “cool and funky”. It represents an innovative concept initiated by Niepoort, in which various producers came together to create light, easy-to-drink wines. In the Vinho Verde region, we produced a wine typical of the region – a wine which references the “cloudy” wines of the past which were bottled with some residual sugar and fine lees, and therefore re-fermented in the bottle. Welcome to the Nat Cool world!

Made from Azal, Arinto, Avesso, Trajadura and Loureiro.

Slightly cloudy in appearance, this is a white wine with plenty of personality; it is fresh, vibrant, with citrusy and vegetal notes. Uncomplicated and straight-forward, it offers high acidity and a light carbonic sparkle on the palate, ending on a saline, crystalline and refreshing finish. It is best enjoyed in a traditional ceramic malga cup paired with traditional Portuguese “petiscos” appetisers.

Critical Praise

90 points Treve Ring, Gismondi on Wine

"NAT’Cool is Dirk Niepoort's line of wines that are low-intervention, low-alcohol, available only in a 1L format, affordable, and highly smashable. This Vinho Verde is a mix of 25-30 year old granite-grown Azal, Arinto, Avesso, Trajadura and Loureiro grapes, made in the traditional VV way with some lees and few grams of sugar left at bottling to provide that characteristically refreshing and subtle Vinho Verde spritz. Lightly cloudy, this lighter white streams pear skin, sour melon, green apple over a fine herbal lees base, to a snappy, saline finish. Fantastic value; stock up."