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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, you should be tracking them down right now. This is certainly a producer I want to visit next time I'm in Portugal (when ever that will be!).
A vibrant red in colour, with really appealing aromas of dusty, but juicy red currents and cherries with a bit of wild game. Tart and lean in the mouth, but with sweet cherry and red current fruit followed up with some pepper and spice. The finish is a bit short, but another sip in never far away. Its goes down very easily. 89 Pts.
Source: The Spanish Acquisition Price: $28 Closure: Conventional Cork
Web: www.luispato.com
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Well if you ever do make it over here, we’ll be happy to help show you around. Great bottle of wine here. Glad to see you reviewing both Iberian wines as of late! Cheers
Be careful, I’ll take you up on that! Its been 18 months since we’ve been, I’m dying to get back but the realities of owning an old house have caught up with me…
Quality Portuguese wine has only just started to be imported in Australia, so now I have good access to the wines they will show up more and more on the site
Hey we would love to have you! I understand the house rerality though, lots of work!
Is there any reason that more Portuguese wine is finally arriving? new demands, or curious importers? How much do you have access to now-a-days?
Yep, I’ve been too busy buying wine and travelling for the past 5 years, so its way overdue.
There has always been a bit of Portuguese wine around, but low volume and generally low quality. One of the major Spanish wine importers has realised his plans to bring in Portuguese ports and wines, so there are about 30-40 wines available now.
Demand for imported wine is up here as well. For example, dry sherry is now a very popular drink in Melbourne, from basically nothing 5 years ago.