14 editor-picked estates growing Roupeiro in Alentejo.
Where to taste Roupeiro in Alentejo: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
The cellar
10 bottles with at least 15% Roupeiro in the blend.
4.4
Esporão Reserva Branco
Herdade do Esporao
4.2
Barrocal Reserva Branco
Sao Lourenco do Barrocal
4.1
Amphora Branco
Herdade do Rocim
4.0
Farrapo Branco
Geracoes da Talha
4.0
Vidigueira Reserva Branco
Adega Cooperativa de Vidigueira, Cuba e Alvito
3.9
Monte da Peceguina Branco
Herdade da Malhadinha Nova
3.8
Herdade São Miguel Colheita Branco
Casa Relvas, Herdade Sao Miguel
3.7
Dom Rafael Branco
Herdade do Mouchao
3.7
Sobroso Reserva Branco
Herdade do Sobroso
3.6
Granja Amareleja Branco DOC
Cooperativa Agricola de Granja
Winery of the Fundacao Eugenio de Almeida, a foundation established in 1963, farming 300 plus hectares near Evora, winemaking since the 1800s.
Tasting: Winery tours and tastings at Quinta de Valbom, near the Cartuxa Convent just outside Evora's historic centre.
Signature wines: Cartuxa Reserva, EA Tinto
Grower cooperative in Vidigueira founded in 1960, making DOC Alentejo Vinho de Talha in clay amphorae alongside conventional wines at its Casa das Talhas.
Tasting: Casa das Talhas wine tourism space with guided tastings daily from 10am to 4pm, booking recommended.
Signature wines: Vidigueira Antão Vaz, Vidigueira Reserva Branco, Vidigueira Escolha dos Sócios Tinto
Grower cooperative founded in 1955 in the Borba sub-region, certifying DOC Alentejo wines from member farmed vineyards, with a tasting room, shop and restaurant.
Tasting: Guided winery visits Monday to Saturday at 11:00 and 15:00 with four tasting packages from 9.99 to 20.00 euros, plus a wine shop and an on site restaurant.
Signature wines: Adega de Borba Reserva Tinto, Adega de Borba Grande Reserva Tinto, Adega De Borba Vinhas Do Marmore Tinto, Montes Claros Tinto, Talhas de Borba Tinto
Cooperative cellar in Redondo founded in 1956, grouping about 200 growers and making roughly twelve million litres a year, three quarters of it red.
Tasting: Visits and tastings in the tasting room Monday to Saturday 09:00 to 19:00, prior booking recommended.
Signature wines: Porta da Ravessa, Real Lavrador, Flos, AR Reserva, Albarrada
Reguengos de Monsaraz grower cooperative founded in 1971, whose members farm the vineyards behind its DOC Reguengos range, poured at a tasting shop in town.
Tasting: Seven booked tasting flights at the Loja Espaco CARMIM in central Reguengos de Monsaraz, Monday to Saturday, one of which pairs the tasting with a winery visit.
Signature wines: Reguengos DOC Tinto, Reguengos Doc Branco, Reguengos Selecao Doc Tinto, Reguengos Reserva Dos Socios Tinto, Reguengos Garrafeira dos Sócios Tinto
Cooperative founded in 1951 at Granja in the Granja-Amareleja sub-region, working ungrafted Moreto vines and running a small wine museum on site.
Tasting: Small wine museum and cellar open Monday to Friday 09:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 17:00, prior booking advised.
Signature wines: Granja Amareleja Tinto DOC, Granja Amareleja Tinto DOC Premium, Granja Amareleja Branco DOC
Grape growing family estate near Estremoz tracing to at least 1667, now run by brothers Luis and Carlos Mira across 220 hectares of vines aged twenty to sixty years.
Tasting: Wine tastings and purchases at the estate, with an 80 seat restaurant on site.
Signature wines: Herdade das Servas Reserva, Herdade das Servas Colheita
Arraiolos estate held by the Jose de Mello family since 1943, with 45 hectares of vines planted from 1998, a carriage museum, a restaurant and booked tastings.
Tasting: Daily booked visits pairing a vineyard and carriage museum tour with tastings of two to six wines, plus blending sessions, craft workshops and a restaurant for groups.
Signature wines: Ravasqueira Vinha das Romãs Tinto, Ravasqueira Vinha das Romãs Branco, Ravasqueira Heritage, Ravasqueira Reserva Da Familia, Ravasqueira Selecao Do Ano
Vila de Frades estate on schist slopes near the Serra do Mendro, replanted from 2000, inaugurated 2006, farming 35 hectares of white and red vines.
Tasting: Tastings, restaurant and an art centre at the estate, designed around gravity fed rather than pumped winemaking.
Signature wines: Quinta do Quetzal Tinto, Quinta do Quetzal Antao Vaz
Monsaraz estate farmed by the same family since 1820, with 15 hectares of vineyard, a first organic certified harvest in 2021 and wines made by Susana Esteban.
Tasting: Tasting room daily 11:30 to 19:00, reservations advised, with vineyard walks, a blending workshop, a harvest experience and olive oil tastings.
Signature wines: Barrocal Reserva Tinto, Barrocal Reserva Branco, Barrocal Rose, Barrocal White Amphorae, Barrocal Talha
Borba producer formed in 1968 from a merger of two small wine producers, farming 200 hectares of vines under the Sovibor and Valflor labels.
Tasting: Tastings bookable through the producer's own reservation system, alongside an online shop.
Signature wines: Sovibor Reserva, Mamore de Borba
One of Portugal's original wine-tourism estates since 1997, Esporao's two-hour visit runs through the organic vineyards and the Monte Velho and Lagares wineries before a seated Classic or Premium flight.
A hub for the Alentejo's talha amphora revival between Cuba and Vidigueira, with an auditorium, shop and terraces overlooking the vines built around husband-and-wife winemakers Pedro Ribeiro and Catarina Vieira.
A fresh, citrus-driven white from the Reynolds family's Casa Branca estate, the everyday counterpart to Mouchao's cellar-worthy reds.
Tip: Serve well chilled; it is a simple, honest way to taste an estate better known for its century-old reds.
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