{"title":"Folias de Baco","description":"\u003cp\u003eHigh above the famous terraces of the Douro, on a wind-scoured plateau near Alijo, Tiago Sampaio is rewriting what the region's wines can taste like. Under the Uivo label he makes bright, energetic natural wines from old field blends, a long way from the area's powerful ports.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSampaio founded Folias de Baco, which translates as the follies of Bacchus, in 2007, working from his family's estate vineyards. His connection to the land runs deeper still: he grew up exploring his grandfather's farms and vineyards before studying agriculture in Portugal and completing a PhD in viticulture and enology in Oregon. The wines are released under the Uivo brand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/folias-de-baco\"\u003eFolias de Baco producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"renegado-uivo-folias-de-baco-portugal-natural-wine-primal-wine","title":"Folias de Baco Uivo Renegado 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eUivo Renegado is a field blend of more than 25 indigenous varieties, roughly 50% red and 50% white, grown on 80-plus-year-old vines across 2 hectares of schist and granite in the Cima Corgo sub-region of the Douro DOC, near Sanfins do Douro at elevations between 500 and 700 meters. Red varieties in the blend include Rufete, Tinta Barroca, Touriga Franca, Mourisco, Tinta Roriz, and Tinto Cão; white varieties include Gouveio, Rabigato, Donzelinho Branco, Malvasia Fina, and Viosinho, among others. All grapes are hand-harvested separately in September and sorted in the vineyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the cellar, whole clusters macerate for three days before spontaneous fermentation with wild yeasts in 1000-liter granite lagars lasting roughly three weeks. The wine then spends six months on lees with batonnage every two weeks, but only during the early stages of aging. Aging splits between 5% in 2-3 year old chestnut oak barrels (225L) and the remainder in cement. The wine is not fined or filtered, with minimal sulfur added only at bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a light-bodied, bone-dry red that sits somewhere between a structured rosé and a pale red. The high-elevation sites and co-fermentation with white grapes pull the wine toward freshness and acidity rather than weight. At 11.5% ABV, it is a wine built for the table rather than the cellar, best served with a slight chill.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folias de Baco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40186277134535,"sku":"UIVORENE20C","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/uivo-renegado-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780186088"},{"product_id":"uivo-curtido-folias-de-baco-natural-wine","title":"Folias de Baco Uivo Curtido 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eUivo Curtido is a skin-contact white wine made from 100% Moscatel Galego grown on 35-plus-year-old vines across 2 hectares of schist and granite soils in the Cima-Corgo sub-region near Alijó, at roughly 600 meters elevation. Grapes are hand-harvested in September, undergo rigorous sorting in the vineyard, and are partially de-stemmed directly into 5,000-liter cement tanks without mechanical pressing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom there, the wine macerates on skins for four months. Spontaneous fermentation with ambient yeasts runs approximately three weeks under temperature control. After pressing, the wine rests on lees for two months without stirring, then ages in cement tanks for six additional months. No fining, no filtration, no added SO2.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is an intensely amber-yellow wine with a haze from the natural sediment. Moscatel Galego is an aromatic variety, and the extended skin time amplifies its natural perfume while adding textural grip and phenolic structure. Expect rose petal, lychee, tangerine, and grapefruit alongside a mineral wet-stone note that runs through the finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTiago Sampaio farms organically and uses biodynamic and regenerative techniques across his holdings in Sanfins do Douro. The Uivo label, launched in 2007, was among the first in Portugal to produce pet-nat and curtimenta (skin-contact white) at commercial scale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folias de Baco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40186442514631,"sku":"UIVOCURT20C","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/uivo-curtido-branco-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1630820347"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/folias-de-baco.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}