2024 Niepoort Reserva Branco, Pico, Portugal Iliana Malihin Roasting: Conical stone underground oven

Roasting: Conical stone underground oven (3 days)

Setting our intention to do more with wine in 2024

25 y/o vines

settling before transfer to older oak barrels for indigenous yeast fermentation

2024 Niepoort Reserva Branco, Pico, Portugal Iliana Malihin Roasting: Conical stone underground ovenFor 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