Press Guia de vinhos 2009 (Pt)

In another edition of “Guia de Vinhos” (Wine Guide), Rui Falcão presents a rating and tasting grades of the best Portuguese and foreign wines.

Luis Pato is a national reference, a remarkable producer, a pioneer and a producer of excellence. He is one of Portugal’s most important and influential producers, a man with his own ideas and strong convictions. His wines are a balsam for the senses. He has produced wine for many years and has never become comfortable. He maintains a free and open spirit and had the courage, for the third time, to revolutionize his wines, change practices, follow new paths and understand the danger of becoming comfortable without ever prejudicing the quality and character of his wines.

Soon, we will have the opportunity of tasting a novelty, the Trepa: a Tinta Roriz from the Douro (Quinta do Pôpa) with a Pan Vine berry. Luis Pato does not stop…

Trepa 2007 (sample): 15 -16,5

The name of Luís Pato´s new philosophical Project, that isn’t evident without previous explaining, results from the blending of Tinta Roriz and Pan (Pan Wine). Douro´s Tinta Roriz comes from a farm, where Luis Pato is a consulter, with old vineyards subdivided with his dear Pan Vine berry. Currently, the subdivision is at an immature phase, in pre-adolescence, but it is easy to understand the matchability with the Roriz fruit seasoning the robust berry’s temperament… and the berry fertilizing the body and consistence of the Roriz. Good promises…

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