Luis Pato Beiras Vinhas Velhas Red 2021 (750ml) Limoux

Luis Pato Beiras Vinhas Velhas Red 2021 (750ml) LimouxGrown in chalky clay soils on vines with an average age of forty years. In the end of August, it was made a first harvest, to produce sparkling Wine from the same grapes, of about 60%, to increase the concentration and anticipate the maturation of the grapes left in the vine to harvest in the end of September to produce this Vinhas Velhas. Vinified in stainless steel vats for ten days, it was matured in used casks (650 litres of capacity) for fifteen

Pale to medium ruby

A decade of bottle age is going to be required

Balanced and vibrant

with white-peach and pine-needle flavors

It somehow manages to be both tight yet approachable

The broker Guillaume Lawton noted as early as 1815 that “it is very robust

1/3 of barrels of one previous wine and 1/3 of barrels of two previous wines)

astonishing elegance as well as finesse

Yet from the mid-palate comes a roundness and richness of riesling fruit

Coming from carefully selected plots

brandied cherries

Once fermentation is complete