Quinta da Pellada

The first historic references of winemaking at the current location of Quinta da Pellada date back to the year of 1527. In that year the sum of 80 barrels of wine was paid, as a royal tax, to the local government. Centuries later, Álvaro de Castro, a civil engineer, inherited this property in 1980 and decided that he would restore it in its former glory. Rapidly the enthusiasm for the wine and viticulture made him decide to re-establish an old family tradition of winemaking, which had skipped a generation. The first wine label as Quinta de Saes came with the 1989 vintage. In 2001, Álvaro's daughter Maria Castro, trained in oenology, who has always been closely linked to the state since her childhood, officially joined Quinta da Pellada. Since 2005 (after the death of Eng. Magalhães Coelho), Quinta da Pellada could also count on the support of Ataíde Semedo, a winemaker from Bairrada, as well as on oenologist Tiago Félix. More recently, the joining of Aydogan Cift has given the winery a more international character. Quinta da Pellada is increasingly looking to make natural wines, with the greatest respect for nature, so that the particularity of each vineyard and parcel is noticeable in the wine it originates from.