Dinamica Baga 2023, Filipa Pato & William Wouters, Bairrada, Portugal

This is a delicious, fresh, light, lively wine with wonderful pure black and red cherry fruits. There is a savoury element, and a minerality but the overall impression is one of clean ripe fruit. This is fantastic value for money.

I imagine it would go well with pork dishes and charcuterie as it has the acidity to cut through light but rich foods.

12% abv.
€21 – €22

Stockists MacCurtain Wine Cellar, Cork; Whelehan’s, Loughlinstown; 64 Wine, Glasthule & Mount Merrion; Clontarf Wines; Martin’s, Dublin 3; Baggot Street Wines.

This wine is made from the Baga grape variety, which is often high in both tannins and acidity – not an attractive combination. However the Dinamico and their other wines made from Baga are perfectly balanced, ripe, and easy to drink.

Filipa Pato is the daughter of Luís Pato, one of Portugal’s most revered wine producers. She and her Belgian husband William Wouters have their own estate in Bairrada where they produce “vinhos autênticos sem maquilhagem” or authentic wines without make-up, using only indigenous grape varieties including Baga, Bical, Arinto, Cercial and Maria Gomes. Sparkling, red and white wines are all great, with a seductive delicacy and freshness.