Arribas Wine Company

Estate

Ricardo Alves and Frederico Machado founded the Arribas Wine Company in Bemposta, Trás-os-Montes, with less than 600 millimeters of annual rainfall. Frederico completed a Master of Enology at UTAD and worked harvests with Dirk Niepoort in the Douro, in Alentejo, Oregon, and Australia before committing full-time. The winery is a partially underground rock and concrete building, expanded in 2020.

Wines

"Saroto" is the core line across Tinto, Branco, Rosé, and Palhete. "Quilometro" is the top cuvée. Field blends of Verdelho, Malvasia, Rufete, Bastardo, and other regional varieties.

At a glance

Home

Bemposta, Arribas do Douro

Since

2017

Cellar

Foot treading in lagares, ambient ferments

The work

Recovering abandoned old vineyards of traditional varieties

The signature

Palhete, red and white co-ferments, plus a flor aged white

Wines in our book

• Quilometro Tinto, 2019
  Red · Trás-Os-Montes · Verdelho, Malvasia, Alfrocheiro, Rufete, Bastardo, Posto Branco, Tinta Serrana, Formosa
• Raiola Tinto, 2019
  Red · Trás-Os-Montes · Verdelho, Malvasia, Alfrocheiro, Rufete, Bastardo, Posto Branco, Tinta Serrana, Formosa
• Saroto Branco, 2024, 2023
  White · Vinho Branco · Verdelho, Malvasia, Posto Branco
• Saroto Palhete, 2022
  Sparkling · Trás-os-Montes
• Saroto Rose, 2022
  Rose · Trás-Os-Montes
• Saroto Tinto, 2022, 2021
  Red · Vinho Tinto · Verdelho, Malvasia, Alfrocheiro, Rufete, Bastardo, Posto Branco, Tinta Serrana, Formosa

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