{"title":"Duckman","description":"\u003cp\u003ePato means duck in Portuguese, and Maria Pato has turned her family name into an alter ego. As Duckman she wears a duck mask, splashes graffiti across her bottles, and delights in confusing sommeliers, all while making wine that is unmistakably faithful to Bairrada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria is the youngest daughter of Luis Pato, the patriarch who put Bairrada's Baga grape on the world map, and the younger sister of Filipa Pato. Rather than inherit the established house style, she launched Duckman as a playful, rebellious project of her own, a way to push at the boundaries of the region while staying rooted in its native grapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/duckman\"\u003eDuckman producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"rosa-duck-pet-nat-duckman-natural-wine","title":"Duckman Rosa Duck Pet-Nat 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eRosa Duck Pet-Nat is a naturally sparkling rosé from Bairrada, Portugal, made with 95% Fernão Pires and 5% Baga. The grapes come from 30-year-old vines planted across three sites: São Lourenço, Óis do Bairro, and Amoreira da Gândara. The first two sites have chalky-clay soils; Amoreira da Gândara is predominantly sandy. Grapes are sorted in the vineyard at harvest in mid-August.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth white and red grapes are co-macerated in plastic eggs for five days, then fermented spontaneously in stainless steel using ambient yeasts over three weeks. The wine is bottled before fermentation is complete — the pét-nat method — trapping CO2 in the bottle naturally. It is not fined or filtered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a lightly cloudy, softly sparkling rosé with the bright citrus and floral character of Fernão Pires lifted by the skin-contact color and structure from Baga. It drinks with low alcohol, vivid acidity, and fine, gentle bubbles. Drink young.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duckman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40087834591431,"sku":"DUCKESPU20C","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/duckman-sparkling-rose_-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780186132"},{"product_id":"espumante-bruto-branco-duckman-natural-wine","title":"Duckman Espumante Bruto Branco 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is 100% Fernão Pires — known locally in Bairrada as Maria Gomes — sourced from 20-year-old vines planted on 2 hectares of sandy soil at a single site called Amoreira da Gândara. Grapes are harvested by hand in early September. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel with ambient yeasts over three weeks, with no temperature control. The wine undergoes a secondary fermentation in bottle in the traditional method, spending one year on lees before disgorgement with no dosage and no malolactic fermentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a brut-style sparkling wine with firm natural acidity, fine bubbles, and the grape's signature aromatic lift: citrus peel, tangerine, stone fruit, and a faint spice note that Fernão Pires is known for. The year on lees adds a quiet biscuity texture without obscuring the wine's fresh, mineral core.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Duckman label carries no indication of region — that is intentional. Maria Pato, who makes the wine, wants the place to speak through the wine itself rather than through the label. The wine is sold under the Vinho Regional Beira Atlântico designation, sourced from the family's estate vineyards in Bairrada. Farming is sustainable, with no added sulfites.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duckman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40087915495623,"sku":"DUCKBRAN18C","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/duckman-espumante-branco-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780186129"},{"product_id":"maria-duck-pet-nat-nv-joao-pato-duckman-natural-wine","title":"Duckman Maria Duck Pet-Nat 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaria Duck is a pétillant naturel made from 100% Fernão Pires (called Maria Gomes locally in Bairrada) sourced from 20-year-old vines on a 0.2-hectare plot of sandy soils in the Amoreira da Gândara vineyard. Grapes are hand-harvested in mid-August, vineyard sorted, and undergo a five-day maceration before being pressed into stainless steel for spontaneous fermentation with ambient yeasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wine is bottled before primary fermentation finishes, capturing natural carbonation through the ancestral method. It is unfined, unfiltered, and released without disgorgement, which means it arrives hazy and with some lees sediment — that is not a flaw, it is the point. ABV clocks in just above 10%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the nose and palate: lemon curd, grapefruit pith, ripe mango, and papaya, with white pepper spice and a chalky, saline finish. Low alcohol, high energy, and genuinely refreshing. Drink it cold and soon after purchase.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duckman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40770953642183,"sku":"DUCKMARINVC","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/duckman-maria-pet-nat-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780185800"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/duckman.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}