Luis Pato Red Vinha Barrosa 2019

€ 48.60

A red wine based on the ancient baga grape from the Barrosa vineyard. It is a wine with a huge aromatic impact, complex and wild, with notes of berries, moss and eucalyptus. The Baga caste is very evident in the mouth, but in a version based on delicacy and finesse, with a refreshing acidity, all wrapped in a full, complex, excellent, great wine with very large storage potential. Luis Pato says that when young, good Baga wine resembles a Barolo, and in old age, it resembles a great Burgundy. The Barrosa wines are the best proof of this statement.

Luis describes himself as a ‘free’ winemaker. He believes that the fact that he trained as a chemical engineer and not an oenologist has given him a different perspective on making wine. His philosophy marries old-world style and Latin-born influence with an appreciation of a more Anglo-Saxon style vision. Oh, and he is also a pragmatist! Filipa, Pato’s daughter, also a trained chemical engineer, hasn’t just followed in her father’s footsteps, she’s gained a reputation in her own right. An innovator like her father with a similar bent for pushing boundaries. One thing that father and daughter share too is a desire to make wines as naturally as possible. ‘We worked in the chemical industry,’ explains Luis, ‘we don’t want to have to pay for their chemicals!’ Filipa says she aims to make ‘authentic wines without make-up’.

Food-Pairing

fits perfectly with (grilled) red meat dishes, large game and duck dishes

Grapes: Baga (100%)

Grapes from an old vineyard of more than 90 years old, located in the parish of Aguim, surrounded by a forest of pine and eucalyptus trees that gives complementary complexity to the wine. Vinified in stainless steel tanks for 2 weeks with temperature control, then matured for 1 year on new and used wooden oak Allier barrels

Alcoholcontent

13 %vol

Store & Serve

Store in a cool place (12°C). Can be drunk up to 15 years after harvest

Serve at 14 - 16 °C. Decant a few hours before serving