2000 Luis Pato Vinha Barrio, Portugal Melini 100% Blue Weber (Agave tequilana)

100% Blue Weber (Agave tequilana) single estate grown at an elevation of over 7

” because this whiskey is created from two rye whiskeys (both a minimum of 2 years old)

spontaneous fermentation in neutral barrels with indigenous yeasts

Both old vine sites

2000 Luis Pato Vinha Barrio, Portugal Melini 100% Blue Weber (Agave tequilana)The Vinha Barrio abuts Vinha Formal to the east, in full view of the Bussaco Mountains (the western border of Do) and sits on a pocket of extremely chalky soils with intermittent dollops of sand. This is the second smallest vineyard at the Pato estate, and thus rarely produces enough fruit to be bottled as a single vineyard wine.