CA&F

Who We Are

Wine is a passion that I turned into a profession.
The wine project is led by Rita Cabral de Almeida e Fonseca.

Terroir and Wines

Terroir wines: wines with authenticity and tradition – strong connection to their regions, culture, grape variety and people

Dão terroir is marked by the constant presence of granite.
Respecting the wine tradition of Dão, “Jardim de Granito” is produced on the slopes of Silgueiros, in soils of granite origin, where the vineyard is surrounded by oak trees and pine forests.

The wines are designed to express the elegance and the gastronimic heritage of the region

Touriga Nacional is a noble and highly praised grape variety and has its best version in Dão. The thick skin, rich in pigment matter, helps to obtain intense and deep colours. The abundance of primary aromas, characteristic of the variety, makes it both floral and fruity, intense and explosive.
Tinta Roriz offers wines that combine elegance and robustness, fruit and spices, in a deep and lively register. Alfrocheiro produces wines rich in colour, with a great balance between alcohol, tannins and acidity. An aroma of wild berries stands out, particularly blackberry and ripe strawberry. The result is wines with firm albeit delicate structuring tannins.
Jaen is a vigorous grape variety that consecrates perfumed wines, vehement in the aromatic notes of blackberry, blueberry and cherry. It provides soft and silky wines, simple but seductive.

Distinguished wines – resulting from the vast heritage of indigenous grape varieties
Grape variety
Portugal has a vast heritage of more than 250 indigenous grape varieties.
Wines from Portugal remain genuine so as to reveal a strong Portuguese character.
Portugal is a small country with a total area of 92 072 km² and 10.5 million inhabitants, located in the western of the Iberian Peninsula. Therefore, it is marked by the influence of the climate and the Atlantic Ocean.
Portuguese weather is generally characterized by a Temperate Humid Climate all year round, with dry summers or Mediterranean Climate in the south, interior and Douro region; and a temperate humid Climate with dry summers in the north, center and coastal Alentejo; it is also identified by the Arid Climate of the Steppes in certain regions of the district of Beja.
The average annual temperature in mainland Portugal ranges from 12 °C in the mountainous north interior to 18 °C in the south in the Guadiana River basin.
Such a diverse character of their particular regions gives rise to different microclimates and, consequently, very distinct terroirs, and therefore unique wines.