Filipa Pato DNMC Branco (Filipa Pato Baga Bairrada Dinamica)Energetic and unapologetically Baga, this opens with sour cherry, pomegranate, and dried cranberry, layered with bay leaf, crushed herbs, and a distinctly ferrous, limestone driven edge. The palate is taut and lively, built around brisk acidity and fine, slightly angular tannins that give the wine its nervous, food driven shape. Red fruit stays bright and restrained, with savory, earthy noteswet stone, dried leavesemerging through the mid palate.

fermented in concrete with indigenous yeasts and matured in untoasted 3

Wine Advocate (Lisa Perrotti-Brown / Robert Parker)“Deep

This is Jura’s sly translation of red-fruited vivacity and terroir bite — lithe

California Pinot could be amazing

Not in a flashy

At Smith-Madrone our goal is to make artisanal wines which are distinctive and are an expression of both the vintage and us as vintners

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like limestone dust lingering on the palate

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This beauty continues on the palate: it’s lean and elegant

” and it all is so easy

After maximizing the winery’s potential and releasing the first “public” vintages