Tinto y Blanco- Adventures in Spanish Wine

Luis Pato Vinhas Velhas Brancho 2007

By Dave Worthington ⋅ January 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A quick note of this one, its designedfor drinking and enjoying with food and that’s just what I did. Again 2007 in Portugal is looking great.Also looks like a Diam cork in this which would be a bonus. Have a look at my note on the 2005 for more details.

Luis Pato Vinha Barrosa 2005

By Dave Worthington ⋅ June 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

This is the older brother of the Vinha Pan, its made from 80 year old vines and this extra vine age really shows in the resulting wine. Its more deeply flavoured and meaty. Its starting to edge towards full bodied as well. This is my pick of the two, but it’s like splitting hairs really.

Luis Pato Vinha Pan 2005

By Dave Worthington ⋅ June 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I had a look at the 2003s of both these wines last year and was very impressed, but the wines were not being imported at the time. They are now being imported and the 2005s have just arrived, and boy are they good. I’ve seen them at a couple of tastings now, and the crowd reaction seems to be you either love them or can’t stand them. Personally, I’m a big fan of medium bodied wines with plenty of character and that describes these wines to a tee.

Luis Pato Tinto 2005

By Dave Worthington ⋅ September 24, 2007 ⋅ 5 comments

I'm a bit flat out at the moment so, just a quick note today. The Tinto is Luis Pato's basic baga wine, its made from 90% Baga and 10% Touriga Nacional. I've been impressed by these wines, it is a great range and if you a interesting in Portuguese wine or maybe just something different, [...]

Luis Pato “João Pato” Touriga Nacional 2005

By Dave Worthington ⋅ September 4, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Here is another wine from Luis Pato. He must be a busy bloke, it looks like he makes about 20 wines. This one is 100% Touriga Nacional, thats about all I know about this one at the moment. But I do know that all of the Luis Pato wines seem very good structure and length, it [...]

Luis Pato Vinha Barrosa 2003

By Dave Worthington ⋅ April 29, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

The second of the pair, the Borrosa is another single vineyard baga wine from Luis Pato. The Barrosa vineyard is made up of 5800, 80 year old baga vines surrounded by pine trees in clay/linestone soil. While these wines are powerful and full of fruit, they are restrained, supple and stylish, almost burgundian in [...]

Luis Pato Vinha Pan 2003

By Dave Worthington ⋅ April 29, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

This is one of two single vineyard wines made from the Baga grape. Yes, it kind of sounds like buggar, which is excellent in my book. Walk up to the bar and order a couple of buggars… Whatever the name of the grape, these two wines deserve some real attention, they are fantastic wines that [...]

Luis Pato Vinha Formal 2004

By Dave Worthington ⋅ April 25, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

The Vinha Formal is 100% Bical. Again, this wine needs to be a bit warmer to really show its stuff. Too cold and it looks all angular and awkward with loads of acid, let it warm up a bit and its a lovely drink.
The wines in this range (there are 3) aren't currently available, but they [...]

Luis Pato Vinhas Velhas Brancho 2005

By Dave Worthington ⋅ April 20, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

Luis Pato is one of the leading players in the DO Bairrada, he has been leading the way with modern techniques and equipment with a number of ingenious varieties. Apparently the Bairrada DO has such a poor name in the market that Luis now labels most of his wine under a regional appleation of Beiras. [...]

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