Filipa Pato Bairrada Dinamica Tinto 2024 NO20230705 letting the terroir speak directly

letting the terroir speak directly

When Montevertine walked away from the Chianti Classico appellation in 1981 rather than blend in the white grapes the rules then required

and he has become one of the most convincing voices in Portugal precisely because he refuses to make the kind of polished

used 1500–3000L casks from a local cooper

then pressed and aged on the lees in neutral barrels for 18 months

Filipa Pato Bairrada Dinamica Tinto 2024 NO20230705 letting the terroir speak directlyFilipa Pato grew up in Bairrada as the daughter of Luis Pato the man who made Baga a grape the world has to take seriously and has spent her own career proving she didn't just inherit a name. Together with her husband, sommelier William Wouters, she farms biodynamically and works almost entirely with indigenous varieties on limestone. Dinamica is her entry tier red: 100% Baga from estate parcels in Ois do Bairro and a handful of like minded growers,