The wines of Filipa Pato

Filipa Pato descends from a true Portuguese winemaking dynasty. Five generations of Patos have made wine in Bairrada. Her father is the famous Luís Pato. The Pato family's winemaking centers above all on one grape: the scarce dark-skinned Portuguese Baga. Every generation of Patos tries to make the finest wines from it.

Check out our 2 wines made by Filipa Pato

Filipa started her own project in 2001, with 12 hectares of vineyards in Bairrada and Dão. By then she had already completed a biochemistry degree at the University of Coimbra and internships as a winemaker in Bordeaux, Argentina and Australia. She runs her own wine business together with her husband, a Belgian sommelier.

Filipa studies the soil composition of her vineyards, the microclimate, and how the vines are planted and best pruned, in meticulous detail. She values making 'wines without make-up': balanced wines that need no additions, whose vinification is based on the typical conditions of the vineyard. She loves accessible, playful wines - well-made wines you enjoy with friends.

In 2010, Filipa, together with other passionate winemakers from the region, started the 'Baga Friends' project. The indigenous Baga grape is disappearing - in more and more vineyards it is being replaced by other, better-known grape varieties. Filipa believes Baga belongs to the Bairrada region; it is cultural heritage.

Together with colleagues Mário Sérgio (Quinta das Bageiras), Luís Pato, Sidónio de Sousa, Palácio do Buçaco, Kompassus, François Chasans and Dirk Niepoort, she promotes the grape and encourages other winemakers not to replace it, but rather to plant more of it. We currently have two wines from Filipa Pato in our range. You can view all our wines from Filipa Pato here.

If you want to know more about this winery, here you will find the link to the website of Filipa Pato.