Supplier: Savio Soares Selections
Producer: Joao Pato (Duckman)
Category: Wine - Sparkling - White
Grape: Fernão Pires
Geography: Portugal
Features: Sustainable

Notes

100% Fernão Pires

From 20 year old vines planted on .2 hectares of sandy soil within a site called Amoreira da Gândara. The grapes are harvested at the beginning of September with fermentation taking place in stainless steel for three weeks with no temperature control. A liquor de tirage is given from their 1997 vintage. The wine is aged one year on lees and does not go through malolactic fermentation. Disgorgement was in June 2018 with no dosage.

About the Producer
The Duckman wines express the true character of Bairrada’s indigenous varietals and its exceptional maritime influence. There are no indications of the region on the labels, done intentionally to demonstrate an acute sense of place and varietal typicity through minimal intervention in the cellar. Maria Pato, the daughter of Luis Pato, created this project because of her love of the region and varietals, so much so that she felt constrained by the standards of Bairrada wine making.

For both of them only the indigenous varietals can be Bairrada wine, not imports that want to claim it as their own identity. Luis and Maria work from two main vineyards, Amoreira da Gândara which is composed of mostly sandy soils, and Óis do Bairro which is composed of mostly chalky-clay soils. Here they grow both red and white varietals: Baga, Bical, Cercial and Fernão Pires.