Filipa Pato, 'Dinamica - DNMC,' Baga, Bairrada, Portugal, 2024

Overview of the Wine
Filipa Pato: winegrower in Bairrada. A graduate of the University of Coimbra as a chemical engineer, she refined her skills working harvests in Bordeaux, Mendoza, Margaret River, and right at home in Bairrada with her father, Luis Pato, the Baga Rebel. (In 2020 Filipa was elected Winemaker of the Year in Portugal by the Revista de Vinhos, the first Portugese woman to earn the title in 30 years.)

Williams Wouters: chef sommelier/ restaurateur. Hailing from a restarateuring family from Antwerp, Belgium, William is a champion sommelier and former head chef to the Belgian national soccer team on the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil and 2016 UEFA European Cup France tours. 

Together, they are Filipa Pato & William Wouters. Their philosophy is simple: to create authentic wines without makeup, wines that express the true nature of the vineyards from which they come. They focus on indigenous grapes only: in their hands, biodynamically-farmed Baga, Bical, Arinto, Cercial and Maria Gomes produce soulful wines from vineyards with ideal soils, microclimates and aspects for growing exquisite wine grapes. 

In the cellar they gently handle the grapes, practicing minimal intervention guarded by strict monitoring of the wine to allow the grapes to express themselves fully. The ultimate outcome? The creation of terroir-driven wines through the uniting of knowledge, art, and nature. 

Biodynamic.

Winemakers
Filipa Pato & William Wouters

Grape / Blend
Baga

Origin
Bairrada, Portugal

Winemaker's Tasting Notes
Our “D.N.M.C.” philosophy is that Baga from different locations gives a more complex wine. Each location has its own expression of Baga. This for us is a real terroir-driven wine and a nice example of Baga with a fruity character and soft tannins. Every plot is vinified apart and at the end, we assemble all of them into one balanced unique “cuvée”, “Dinamica” - D.N.M.C

It shows a deeper, brilliant cherry colour with a well-present viscosity. Distinguished elegant fruit-driven nose with a typical strawberry and damson plum touch, often with nuances of licorice, slightly spicy (black pepper, laurel, thyme, rosemary, …). On the palate, fruity with a nice, beautiful structure and an almost velvety texture with a very fresh and inviting aftertaste. A real crowd-pleaser, this wine combines excellently with a nice platter of charcuterie, a nice crunchy vegetable salad, grilled fish, grilled white meats and poultry and dry cheeses (Queijo Sao Jorge, Edam, Mimolette). Serve it at 14-16°C in elegant glassware and preferably aerated before serving. Baga tends to be slightly reductive when it has not been aged in oak…

Product size: 750ml