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FOUNDED 2011 ESTATE OWNERS Rui Robredo Madeira REGION Beyra, Portugal

VILLAGE Vermiosa VINEYARD HOLDINGS 66 hectares IMPORTANT VINEYARDS Vinha das Safurdas, Vinha da Santa Maria, Vinha de Nave Godina, Vinha da Fonte da Pulga,

Vinha do Bizarril, Vinha da Beyra, Vinha do Guiso, Vinha do Vale de Esgueva PRODUCTION 420,000 bottles

because he believed that this region’s winemaking heritage is one of the best hidden treasures in Portuguese wine. Old vines of native grape varieties have perfectly adapted to the rugged climate caused by the high altitude, along with the soil, where

many veins of quartz run through the schist and granite. Through Beyra wines, Madeira seeks to express the Beira Interior’s true identity: wines of great complexity resulting

IN 2011, RUI ROBREDO Madeira returned to the same winery where he worked his first harvest in 1987, in a small winery located in the village of Vermiosa in the highest vineyards in Portugal. Through painstaking effort, he rehabilitated the property

from the combination of aromatic intensity, minerality and freshness.

BEYRA

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