Baga
Luis Pato Vinha Barrosa 2005
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
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
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 Vinha Barrosa 2003
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
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 [...]
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