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Filipa Pato, Bairrada Bical 'Tola', 2023

White Wine from Bairrada, Portugal
by Filipa Pato
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Fifteen hundred bottles of single-vineyard Bical, named for Tola, the vineyard's previous owner and a woman of famously eccentric character. The parcel is 60-year-old vines with full southern exposure on deep Jurassic limestone, Demeter-certified biodynamic, in a corner of Bairrada where chalky soils and cold Atlantic winds keep whites nervy. Filipa Pato presses the fruit straight into traditional pipas, ferments with indigenous yeasts, skips bâtonnage entirely, and gives the wine 12 months in wood and four more in tank before bottling unfined and unfiltered. That hands-off treatment is the point: Bical is a variety of tension and citrus rather than fat, and this shows it with a bit of texture wrapped around the acid. Drink it now through the next four or five years, and give it a proper glass rather than a small one.

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More about Filipa Pato

Filipa Pato studied chemical engineering before refining her skills harvesting across Bordeaux, Mendoza, and Margaret River. In 2001, she launched her own Bairrada project with biodynamic farming and minimal-intervention winemaking, creating 'wines without makeup' that express the true nature of the vineyard. Eighty-five percent of her wine exports to thirty countries.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Bical

  • Vintage

    2023

  • Size

    750ml

  • Style

    Elegant , Juicy , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Garlicky clams, grilled sardines, salt cod with olive oil and chickpeas, or roast chicken with lemon.

Tasting Profile

White flowers, lime zest and green fennel with a faintly waxy note from the wood. Light to medium-bodied and dry, with high acidity, a light phenolic grip and a stony, saline finish.

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