Penalva Do Castelo, Portugal
João Tavares de Pina
A small Dão estate in Penalva do Castelo, João Tavares de Pina works from altitude, granite, clay and forest edge rather than cellar polish. The draw is the farming: dry-farmed vines, manual harvests, low yields, spontaneous co-fermentation and a portfolio split between classical Dão structure and the fresher Rufia line.



