Collection: Textura

Dão

The consultant winemaker for this exciting new Dão project is Luis Seabra, Dirk Niepoort’s former right-hand man. The consultant’s savvy boss is former investment manager Marcelo Villela de Araujo, who boldly quit the day job (and Brazil) to found Textura in 2015 with his wife, Patricia, a university professor.  Wasting no time, Araujo had his priorities in order, acquiring 22 hectares of vineyards in the acclaimed Serra da Estrela and Penalva do Castelo sub-regions. Not content with converting grapes into wine, the couple are also converting their vineyards to organic viticulture and a century old textile plant in Serra da Estrela into a winery.