Red Wine

Casas Altas

Rufete 2021, 75cl

Beira Interior

Casas Altas

The landscape of Beira Interior is dramatic and sparsely populated, the climate demanding, the soils granitic and the altitudes high. Vineyards coexist with pastures, olive groves, and various forests, at an altitude of over 650 meters, on granitic soils, with exposure to the rising sun and southeast, with high thermal amplitudes between day and night. Maturations are traditionally long. A unique terroir that confers distinctive qualities to Casas Altas wines. This is where Casas Rufete Red Wine is born.

“When I create my wines, I seek the purity of origins, without makeup. I search for the true expression of the land and the grapes. In complete respect for viticulture, grapes, nature, and by producing wines with minimal intervention.” – José Madeira Afonso

Winemaking: Total destemming, fermentation in stainless steel conical tanks for 2 weeks at controlled temperature. After malolactic fermentation, aging in stainless steel until bottling with slight filtration.

Allergens information

Contains sulphites.

José Madeira Afonso

A physician by profession, an oenologist by passion, João Madeira Afonso and his brother, upon inheriting their father’s vineyards, felt that it would be sad and lacking in interest to cultivate the vines with care only to deliver the grapes to the cooperative. Thus, the first red wine was born in 1994.

The vineyards are spread across three plots in the Pinhel sub-region: Rogenda, Mortórios, and Quinta do Vale do Ruivo, totaling approximately 16 hectares. Of these, 7 hectares are dedicated to old vines, where traditional Portuguese native grape varieties are mixed, with Baga and Rufete dominating for reds, and Síria, Arinto, and Fonte Cal for whites. Among the others, we find no less important Alicante Bouschet, Touriga Franca, Chardonnay, Riesling, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, and Verdelho.

It is from the grapes of this terroir that José Madeira Afonso creates DOC Beira Interior wines that are the true expression of the best the region has to offer.

Address

Rua José Mesquita dos Santos nº23
6400-651 Souropires Portugal