Luis Pato Bairrada Vinho Tinto 2024 Reasonable Cellar The apricots are harvested in

The apricots are harvested in July and the pits are immediately removed before a fermentation that lasts 8–10 days

parsnip and yam

"Le Passage" is Syrah from steep granite slopes around Malleval

The last group underwent a secondary maturation in toasted virgin American oak casks before being added to this intricate and seductive blend

Each 375ml bottle yields six cocktails of bartender-quality cocktails without the mixing

Luis Pato Bairrada Vinho Tinto 2024 Reasonable Cellar The apricots are harvested inBaga has a reputation as one of Portugal's most difficult grapes: thick skinned, high in acid, tannic enough to strip paint. Luis Pato has spent his career arguing that this is a farming problem, not a grape problem, and Bairrada is now unimaginable without him. This is his most easygoing statement of the case, a roughly even split of Baga and Touriga Nacional, fermented and raised in stainless steel with a deliberately gentle hand on the extraction.