Filipa Pato 'Dinamica' Bairrada Branco 2023

Press 4 White • April 2024 Direct Press Selection

Filipa Pato and her husband William Wouters are located in the Bairrada region of central Portugal. You may recognize Filipa from one of Portugal’s most famous winemaking families, the Patos. Her father Luis was instrumental in putting high quality, indigenous grape-based wines on the map, and we featured her sister Maria in last month’s club. 

Filipa and William work biodynamically and with the help of a dedicated group of humans and animals they do everything in their power to only use vineyard treatments from plants grown on their property. You should seriously follow her on instagram and check out the cutest family of pigs that help turn and weed the soil in their vineyards. The title for this month’s newsletter actually came from a post she made recently.

I have been a huge fan of their sparkling 3B Rose for a very long time and it has been my go-to for bringing to parties or events where champagne would be under appreciated or if I didn’t want to take a huge hit to the wallet. But throughout all of my encounters with Filipa’s wines, I have been thoroughly impressed by the quality to cost ratio. She continuously makes some of the most elegant wines I encounter. The 'Dinamica' is no different.

The 'Dinamica' is 80% Bical, and 20% Arinto and is whole cluster pressed, fermented in tank and aged in casks. A tiny bit of sulfur is added after malolactic fermentation is completed. The wine opens with aromas of bright citrus, almonds, and a hint of cream. The palate is generous with a slight texture of cream, along with notes of citrus, almonds, and a hint of flinty minerality. The wine has a great balance of acidity and generous length.  Jeremy Hernandez