2009 Luis Pato Vinha Barrio, Portugal Jolie Laide the idea has always been

the idea has always been simple: put into practice his learned interpretation of wine

opposite the Vignes Blanches des Rouges

The grapes for this wine come from the oldest plot planted on our property

Hand-harvested grapes undergo native yeast fermentation in concrete vats

Old vine Zibibbo grown in conca

2009 Luis Pato Vinha Barrio, Portugal Jolie Laide the idea has always beenThe Vinha Barrio abuts Vinha Formal to the east, in full view of the Bussaco Mountains (the western border of Do) and sits on a pocket of extremely chalky soils with intermittent dollops of sand. This is the second smallest vineyard at the Pato estate, and thus rarely produces enough fruit to be bottled as a single vineyard wine.