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The 2023 Folias de Baco Uivo Renegado, from Tiago Sampaio in Douro, is a delightfully unconventional, fieldblend red that straddles the line between a light red and dark ros. Sourced from 80yearold vineyards on highaltitude schist and granite slopes (550700m), it fuses over 25 indigenous red and white Portuguese grape varieties, all co-fermented after a brief 23 day wholecluster maceration and spontaneous wild-yeast fermentation. Aged six months on leesin two to threeyearold chestnut oak barrels and cement tanksthe result is unfiltered, minimally sulfured, and organic-grown.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
Folias de Baco is the personal, handson project of winemaker Tiago Sampaio, a rising star in the natural wine world in Portugal. Based in the high-altitude Douro Valley, Tiago focuses on tiny-batch, artisanal wines from old, ungrafted vineyardssome over 80 years oldgrown organically on schist and granite slopes. He employs co-fermentation of indigenous red and white grapes, minimal intervention in the cellar using spontaneous fermentations, whole-cluster maceration, and aging in neutral vessels like chestnut barrels and cement to preserve purity and terroir. Though relatively new to the scene, the winery has quickly gained attention for its expressive, light-footed style that reflects the rugged Douro’s minerality and altitudedriven freshness. Production is very limitedjust a few hundred cases per yearand each bottling, including the Renegado, is unfiltered, lightly sulfured, and meant to be enjoyed young and slightly chilled.
