Filipa Pato Nossa Calcario Bical 2024
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Filipa Pato Nossa Calcario Bical 2024

Filipa Pato & William Wouters
$45.00

Grape: Bical
Vintage: 2024
Type: White

Hailing from the historic village of Óis do Bairro in the heart of Bairrada, this biodynamic bottling focuses on oceanic limestone terroir. Winemaker Filipa Pato utilizes old, hand-harvested bical vines rooted deeply in rare chalky slopes that capture the cooling Atlantic breeze. The whole clusters are slowly pressed and spontaneously fermented with wild yeasts inside neutral five-hundred-liter Portuguese wood casks. Raised for eight months on its fine lees without bâtonnage, this white skips sweet fruitiness for structural tension.

It shows a pale straw color with silver glints, opening with delicate aromas of green pear, fresh wild fennel, and struck flint. A crystalline core of laser-sharp salinity cuts directly across an unexpectedly nutty, broad mid-palate. The texture feels beautifully expansive yet agile, anchored by a light sensation of chalky fruit-skin grip. Subtle notes of white peach skin develop nicely as the liquid opens up. It finishes bone-dry, leaving a stone-tinged trail.

Winery

Filipa Pato and William Wouters work together in Óis do Bairro, in Portugal’s Bairrada region. Filipa trained as a chemical engineer before gaining winemaking experience in Bordeaux, Mendoza and Margaret River, as well as with her father Luís Pato. William brings the perspective of a Belgian chef, sommelier and restaurateur. Their partnership is rooted in food, travel and the conviction that Bairrada’s own grapes can communicate its vineyards without an imposed cellar style.

They work exclusively with indigenous varieties, including Baga, Bical, Arinto, Cercial and Maria Gomes. Biodynamic practices and close attention to differences in soils and microclimates underpin the farming. In the winery, gentle handling and limited intervention are balanced with careful observation of the wines as they develop. The phrase “without makeup” describes the aim: to reveal the vineyard rather than decorate it. From the approachable Dinâmica wines to more focused bottlings such as Nossa Calcário, the range connects local grapes, individual sites and the couple’s shared belief that wine belongs naturally at the table.