2013 Luis Pato Beira Atlântico Baga/Touriga Nacional

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 86.8 points

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  2/3/2019 - Jeffyboy wrote: 87 Points

  dark ruby colour with cherry rim. nose: farmyard, barn - fortunetly not iverwhelimng; some distant fruits behind - cherries. taste: medium (+) acid; Fruity (cherries, not ripe strawberries - tart) plus earthy aromas; light tannins but with good volume; light bodied.

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  7/1/2018 - Jeffyboy wrote: 86 Points

  Very dark ryby colour. Nose: fresh cherries. Other tart red fruits. Violets. Tatse: Medium plus acid. Cherries plus some wood notes. But fresh. Medium finish. Light tannins. Good to rare burger.

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  1/13/2018 - forceberry wrote: 84 Points

  12% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Almost completely opaque black cherry color with a hint of developed dried blood hue towards the rim. Sweet and ridiculously volatile nose with over-the-top aromas of nail polish, some balsamic vinegar and a hint of sweet perfume along with subtle notes of ripe blackcurrants and a sanguine hint of iron. The wine is bone-dry, medium-bodied and very crunchy on the palate with high acidity and very ample, powdery and grippy tannins. There are fresh flavors of cranberries, fresh blackcurrants, some nail polish notes of VA, a hint of ripe but not sweet plummy fruit and a lifted touch of balsamico. The finish is medium-long, crunchy and grippy with some burning VA notes (think of having a bit too much balsamic vinegar on your salad) with flavors of ripe dark fruits, some brambly blackberries and a hint of tart lingonberry. The mouthdrying tannic astringency seems to grow towards the end of the aftertaste.
  
  Considering how ridiculously volatile this wine is, it is surprisingly good and drinkable one - assuming you can stand this much VA. Overall the wine is very atypical for Portugal, if one thinks of Portuguese wines as big, ripe and muscular reds - this is light, crunchy and very acid-driven, which is why it took us a lot of futile guessing before someone remembered the light and crunchy yet tannic qualities of Baga. The wine is pretty simple and straightforward with quite rustic and unpolished feel from that rather prominent note of nail polish (pun intended), but it has its own charms. The high acidity and prominent tannins really call for food. If you're prepared for a VA barrage, you should do just fine.

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  12/3/2017 - andrelapa wrote: 85 Points

  Similar to before, except seemed a lot thinner on the mouth, which threw acidity off balance. Just a few months difference, not sure if it was a bottle problem, disappointed.

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  11/20/2017 - Claw Dee Puss wrote: 88 Points

  Restaurant pop and pour.
  A bit young, but nice enough.

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