Wivo Ravigaat

UIVO RABIGATO 2022

Region: Portugal Douro

Grape: Ravi Ghat

Category： White

A sharp acid that will wake you up.
A fresh wine with a hint of lemon and lime.
A single vineyard in the Shima-Korgo area, on soil with scattered schist and granite stones.
This rabigat has a wonderful mineral and salty taste.
A bottle that you can enjoy till the end with the elegant acidity that Tiago is known for.

[Producer information]
Fulfilling my childhood dream and finally becoming independent
Tiago watched his grandfather work in the fields from an early age.
From that time on, I had a strong desire to grow grapes and make wine.
While attending a regular high school, he also attended an agricultural vocational school.
At university, he studied cultivation, brewing, and agricultural engineering.
After that, he gained 5 years of cultivation and brewing experience in Oregon and earned a Ph.D.
Finally, in 2007, he returned to Douro, Portugal, and revived the farm that his grandparents had cherished as his own farm!
Folias de Baco means ``The Joyful Feast of Bacchus.''

Using modern brewing techniques and sticking to tradition
Minimal human intervention. It is often brewed in grapples, lightly treaded in lagares (traditional Douro vats), and with little crushing.
He values ​​tradition while judiciously using knowledge of modern brewing techniques.
Only wild yeast is used, and the red is a traditional Douro blend.
More than 25 varieties are planted in a single field!

His field is at the highest point (550m to 700m) in Sima Corgo, a sub-zone of the Douro, and is a cool place.
It is at the highest altitude and is so cool that even though it is in the Douro, Porto construction is not recognized.
The soil is the poorest in the Douro, with some fields having shallow cystic topsoil and lots of stones, and some granitic soils.

By using cultivation methods that respect nature, he believes that in this environment, where the locals thought it would be impossible to produce high-quality wine, he could produce the wine he wanted to produce, fresh and with a taste of the minerals of the land. conviction.
I am moving forward on the path I believe in!