It is a dark ruby wine with an intense red fruit aroma with a spicy character. On the palate it is young, dense, with appealing freshness and juicy tannins, good acidity and attractive structure. Serve with red meats and hard cheeses.

As a port house, Niepoort enjoy an unparalleled reputation for tradition . It may surprise some onlookers, then, to see Dirk Niepoort at the cutting edge of fine table wine production in the Douro, treading a path which other premium shippers have felt decidedly uncomfortable about. But this is Dirk Niepoort, after all; vigneron and winemaker extraordinaire, whose passion for old vines, low yields and terroir are as applicable to table wine as they are to great port. The first commercial release of Redoma Tinto was 1991, and the press, so to speak, went wild. Dirk hasn`t looked back since, and now these wines are regarded as some of the very best in all Portugal.

2007 is the second edition of this Douro wine produced for the UK market. The idea behind Drink Me is the creation of a pleasant, easy drinking red wine, yet retaining complexity, mineral notes and great depth found in the classic Douro wines. Drink Me is produced from vineyards from the Cima Corgo, the main grape varieties being:Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Amarela, Tinta Barroca. It's an intense wine: full of Douro character but with great freshness showing smooth tannins and fruity aromas.

The label is illustrated by Steven Appleby, Canadian born cartoonist, and known for many drawings especially in The Guardian and Sunday Telegraph. Appleby has created three storyboards: Message in the Bottle, Secret Life and Hidden Essentials.