2009 Luis Pato Vinha Barrio, Portugal Jolie Laide ” This is a Jura

” This is a Jura style Mosel wine with low PH soils

Fernando and Teresa

spicy clove

Hand-harvested grapes undergo native yeast fermentation in concrete vats

Their hands off approach in the cellar allows the raw power of the ‘15 vintage - firmly structured w/ a classic crushed herb and dark fruited quality - to be on full display

2009 Luis Pato Vinha Barrio, Portugal Jolie Laide ” This is a JuraThe 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.