Community Tasting Note
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Boudica wrote: flawed
September 2, 2022 - I took this to my tasting group tonight and it was resoundingly disliked by all tasters. This wine is Brett affected. It's subtle, but still very noticeable, and really diminishes the quality, flavour and aroma of this wine. A definite thumbs down. Very disappointing given the reviews it has received elsewhere and for the price paid - $70 AUD is not ok for this quality.
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viniferatu commented:
9/28/23, 9:05 PM - I don't think you got a representative bottle. I'm also thinking you're mistaking Bairrada sponti (see Lars Carlberg's piece entitled "What's the stink") for Brett. Maybe this wine is a smidge Bretty, but I really don't think so; it is yeasty in a different way, if you ask me. I fear that this wine did not travel to Australia under ideal conditions, and that is perhaps why it was so disappointing for you. My experiences with Filipa Pato always highlight pristine fruit, but I'll also note that even her entry level Dinamica wines typically need many hours of air, if not a day or so, to really open up and blow off their sponti-ish aromas. Hope you have a better Pato experience soon!