Filipa Pato
Dinamica Bairrada Bical & Arinto Blend
Bairrada, Beiras, Portugal
Covid-19 wine #2: virtually shared with home boy at dusk. Portuguese Baga, give it air as has a delicate but Nebbiolo-ish shade. 12.5%, Skurnik importer. I’m enjoying Portugal now. Plus my MD/ epidemiologist neighbor listened to my lungs and gave me a clean bill of health. Now to work and help keep our patients healthy in pandemic anxiety.
Covid-19 wine #2: virtually shared with home boy at dusk. Portuguese Baga, give it air as has a delicate but Nebbiolo-ish shade. 12.5%, Skurnik importer. I’m enjoying Portugal now. Plus my MD/ epidemiologist neighbor listened to my lungs and gave me a clean bill of health. Now to work and help keep our patients healthy in pandemic anxiety.
Mar 20th, 2020
Deep dark fruits, peppery, herbaceous, grippy tannins and chalky minerality.
Deep dark fruits, peppery, herbaceous, grippy tannins and chalky minerality.
Apr 9th, 2022
Blackberry and gravel nose, some lavender, maybe some leather or dried beef. On the palate, medium bodied with mid to strong tannins and a bit of acidity. I feel like the lavender flavor more pronounced on the palate. Very nice and complex and drinkable.
Blackberry and gravel nose, some lavender, maybe some leather or dried beef. On the palate, medium bodied with mid to strong tannins and a bit of acidity. I feel like the lavender flavor more pronounced on the palate. Very nice and complex and drinkable.
Apr 7th, 2022
Blackberry on the nose with juicy tannins, but light enough for olives and cheese
Blackberry on the nose with juicy tannins, but light enough for olives and cheese
Nov 20th, 2021Fresh & sappy with intense freshly crushed ripe mulberries & blackberries, a nice note of graphite and a stony backbone + a whiff of dry aged beef.
On the palate this is juicy, fresh, bursting with energy. Authentic & w/o any makeup. Fresh, tart black fruit, spicy & crunchy yet juicy tannins, vibrant acidity. This has nice tension, a sense of place, and is dangerously drinkable!
I barely started and the bottle is already half empty!
Not for the first time I’m struck between the similarities between Baga and Blaufränkisch from Burgenland.
Fresh & sappy with intense freshly crushed ripe mulberries & blackberries, a nice note of graphite and a stony backbone + a whiff of dry aged beef.
On the palate this is juicy, fresh, bursting with energy. Authentic & w/o any makeup. Fresh, tart black fruit, spicy & crunchy yet juicy tannins, vibrant acidity. This has nice tension, a sense of place, and is dangerously drinkable!
I barely started and the bottle is already half empty!
Not for the first time I’m struck between the similarities between Baga and Blaufränkisch from Burgenland.
2019: Bical + Arinta. Soft, peachy, low alc., tasty
2019: Bical + Arinta. Soft, peachy, low alc., tasty
Mar 11th, 2021
Fresh, red cherry & strawberry, a bit of funk, seems like some stems used. Really interesting. Sole floral. Good acidity. I like!
Fresh, red cherry & strawberry, a bit of funk, seems like some stems used. Really interesting. Sole floral. Good acidity. I like!
Feb 18th, 2022