2009 Luis Pato Vinha Barrio, Portugal Jolie Laide Their hands off approach in

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

the “élevage” is done primarily in small barrels

Hand-harvested grapes undergo native yeast fermentation in concrete vats

17 barrels total across all cuvees

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

2009 Luis Pato Vinha Barrio, Portugal Jolie Laide Their hands off approach inThe 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.