Filipa Pato FP Baga/Touriga Nacional

This was much better on the second day on which it had calmed down significantly and opened up to a nicely balanced effort. The nose speaks of red fruit, balsamic notes, coffee nibs and a slightly greenish aspect that I can't really pin down. Palate starts out with a nice crispy acidity and mellows out in a perfectly timed move towards a smooth finish that adds a certain mild sweetness to the mix alongside some still grippy but never austere …

The wine is clear and bright with a deep ruby colour and presence of dense legs. The nose is faulty (reduction, but it cleans quickly with some aeration) and developing, showing medium intensity aromas of black fruits (ripe dark plums, ripe dark cherries), liquorice, anise, violets, clove and cedar. The wine is dry in the mouth with a medium acidity. It has high ripe rounded tannins and a medium(+) alcohol. It has a full body and medium(+) intensity flavours of …