Nossa Missao Filipa Pato 2019

Filipa Pato Nossa Missão 2019 is a medium-bodied, single-vineyard red wine produced from Baga grapes in the Bairrada region of Portugal. Following in the footsteps of her well-known winemaker father, Luis, Filipa Pato has garnered a reputation for producing a superb range of terroir-driven wines in Ois do Bairro, in the heart of Bairrada. Nossa Missão is produced from a 130+-year-old Baga vineyard planted on clay-limestone soils. The 2019 was matured in used Austrian oak foudres for 18 months. "An intense, uber-characterful Baga from a 0.57ha parcel of pre-phylloxera vines, which eke out a bunch or two each. Vivid. the wild bilberry, redcurrant, red cherry and plum spirit fruit is threaded with spices. Elegant, chalky, mineral acidity smokily suffuses the saline, pine needle-edged finish. Dynamic tannins, yielding but abundant, keep pace. Young but expressive; plenty yet to give." Sarah Ahmed, 2022