{"product_id":"filipa-pato-william-wouters-dinamica-2024","title":"Filipa Pato \u0026 William Wouters ‘Dinâmica’ Bairrada 2024","description":"\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFilipa Pato grew up in wine. Her father is Luís Pato, the man who basically established the Bairrada appellation and became known as the \"Baga rebel.\" So when her father offered each of his three daughters a choice between a vineyard or a house, Filipa didn't hesitate. She took the vineyard. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut here's the thing: Filipa was a scientist first. Chemical engineer. She spent time in Australia working at a winery before she really knew much about winemaking, and that scientific brain, the understanding of what yeasts actually do when they convert juice into wine, is exactly what allows her to make such beautiful, low-intervention wines today. She knows the rules before she breaks them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe came back to Portugal, established her own project, and now farms more than 20 different plots scattered across Bairrada along her husband William. She's like a mother hen, taking over vineyards that would otherwise be abandoned because the next generation didn't want them. She converts them to organic and biodynamic. She works with old bush vines, many over 100 years old. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBairrada is kind of unusual in Portugal. In Dão, Douro, Alentejo, they blend several grapes to make wine. But here it's just Baga. For Filipa, Baga is the terroir and the terroir is Baga. And her version is lifted, bright, delicate, completely different from the heavy, commercial styles that dominate the region.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd then there are the pigs. The cutest pigs. Filipa introduced them to deal with a phosphorus deficiency in the vineyards (pig urine is rich in phosphorus), and now they're part of the family. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003eDinâmica\u003cspan\u003e is her stainless-steel expression of Baga. Sourced from a mix of bush vines and trellised plants averaging 40 years old, with younger vines propagated by massale selection from the old ones. Handpicked, partial whole cluster, fermented in tank with a very gentle extraction and a long four-week maceration. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIt smells like wild plum and tayberry, with this whole scrubby herb and wildflower thing happening underneath. The tannins are long and lithe. The finish is long and saline. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrink it slightly chilled, with anything from grilled fish to a plate of charcuterie.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e*This description couldn't have been written without the thoughtful 15-minute voice note my friend Bronte Agostino sent me, telling me all the beautiful stories from her time with Filipa in Bairrada. Thank you, Bronte, for making this one come alive.*\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Filipa Pato \u0026 William Wouters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784394604846,"sku":null,"price":43.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5815\/0190\/files\/Filipa_Pato_William_Wouters_Dinamica_2024.png?v=1772399662","url":"https:\/\/canarycounter.com\/products\/filipa-pato-william-wouters-dinamica-2024","provider":"Canary Counter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}