Luis Pato Vinhas Velhas Branco 1990

Luis Pato Vinhas Velhas Branco 1990A remarkable wine that will turn heads. Complex and still lively after all this time, there is tension and lemon citrus notes that lift up the briny, salty, Parmesan rind flavors. Enjoy it with food or after dinner, it is a testament to the purposeful, driven winemaking of Luis Pato in Bairrada, an area of mid coast Portugal that is only recently begun to get its flowers. Anyone who has tasted these library releases from Pato know that they stand up

Bring this to your cook out and sub for a white wine for those who don't drink white wine no matter how hot it gets

is a red wine for all intensive purposes but is made from Zweigelt and Sauvignon Blanc

with juicy stone fruit and pineapple

My working title is "Opulence/You Own Everything

aged in barrel

steeped orange peel

It's sourced from granitic soils in the Connor and Hodge vineyards in southern Oregon's Applegate Valley

but easily the most dramatic and moving vineyard I've ever been in

Despite the low latitude (28 degrees

In the cellar

and spicy red pepper flake

this is from the same 80+ year old parcels