Luis Pato Pé Franco Valadas "8" Red 2017
Red Wine from Bairrada, Portugal
Luis Pato Pé Franco Valadas "8" Red 2017
Red Wine from Bairrada, Portugal
Pato planted Valadas in 2004 in Ois, 7km south east of Quinta do Ribeirinho.  It’s where he lives now and where his wife inherited vineyards on chalky clay soils – ying and yang!  Valadas is a tiny 0.4ha high density (8,600 vines/ha) parcel of Baga.  Finer framed with silky tannins, inky florals, a hint of iodine/smoke and sluiced red cherry and berry fruit.  Lovely translucency, minerality and frame makes for polished gem with a strong sense of personality.