Passo de Gigante (Rui Oliveira & João Pires)

Passo de Gigante is a joint project by Rui Oliveira and João Pires, who restored the centuries-old family quinta Quinta do Paço in Vila Verde and produce natural wines there from native Minho grape varieties such as Alvarinho, Arinto, Loureiro and Trajadura, as well as the red varieties Vinhão, Padeiro de Basto and Touriga Nacional. In the cellar, they rely on spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts and deliberately dispense with filtration and stabilisation in order to preserve the most unadulterated expression possible of the grapes and terroir.