Wines / Bairrada Sparkling
Sparkling wine
Bairrada Sparkling
Espumante Bairrada
Bairrada is the centre of Portuguese traditional-method sparkling wine, made by second fermentation in bottle. Styles range from crisp whites to Baga-based blanc de noirs and rosé.
Bottles to try
Critics’ picks
No confirmed critic scores here yet. Scores for this style are mostly behind subscriptions, so we haven’t listed any.
Grapes
Producers
Luís Pato
Óis do Bairro, Anadia · Bairrada
A Bairrada icon nicknamed “Mr Baga”. Experimented with taming Baga’s tannins and makes Pé Franco from ungrafted vines planted in sand.
Filipa Pato & William Wouters
Óis do Bairro · Bairrada
Luís Pato’s daughter and her husband make light-touch, biodynamic wines under the motto “authentic wines without make-up”.
Quinta das Bágeiras
Fogueira, Anadia · Bairrada
A traditional family estate making long-lived Baga Garrafeiras in old lagares and crisp, bone-dry sparkling wines.