Luis Pato, Vinha Barrosa Vinhas Velhas, Beiras

Has aged well, still quite lean but now with decent complexity and the tannins have eased away

Wines of Portugal : Transparent, brownish colour, seems older than it is, but I haven't had many mature Baga wines, so don't know how representative it is. Dried Spanish sausage on the nose, very smoky. High accidity, cranberries on the palate, very mature and overall interesting. Nose develops some not so pleasant notes, that let's me think the wine was borderline faulty, so no score.

Opaque and inky with a bit of age. A restrained nose eventually yielding complex peppery animal notes. Sweet attack, then dry and acidic, balanced and quite long.