Rabigato

Grown in the high Douro Superior. Gives tension and freshness to Douro whites and White Port.

In the glassLemon, orange blossom, mineral; high acidity.

Wines made with Rabigato

Port

Fortified

Vinho do Porto

Sweet fortified wine from the Douro. Fermentation is stopped part-way by adding grape spirit (aguardente), which keeps natural grape sugar and lifts alcohol to roughly 19–22%. Grapes are still trodden by foot in granite lagares at some quintas. Traditionally the young wine was shipped downriver and aged in lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia, opposite Porto.

Critics: up to 99 pts

Douro White

White

Douro DOC Branco

Whites from high-altitude Douro vineyards, where cool nights keep freshness. Often blends of Rabigato, Viosinho, Gouveio and Códega, with citrus, stone fruit and a mineral finish.

Critics: up to 90 pts

Producers to try

Niepoort

Est. 1842

Vila Nova de Gaia · Douro, Dão, Bairrada

A family Port house of Dutch origin. Under Dirk Niepoort it became a pioneer of elegant dry Douro wines (Redoma, Batuta, Charme) and later expanded into Bairrada and Dão.