Rufete is a red
Spanish
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Portuguese wine
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grape variety
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that is grown primarily used in
port wine
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production in the
Douro
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region of Portugal. It is also grown up along the
Duero
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basin across the border in the Spanish province of
Castile and León
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and can be found in the
Dão DOC
Dão is a Portuguese wine region situated in the Região Demarcada do Dão with the Dão-Lafões sub region of the Centro, Portugal. It is one of the oldest established wine regions in Portugal. Dão wine is produced in a mountainous region with a ...
of Portugal where the variety is known as ''Tinta Pinheira''.
[J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes'' pg 161 Oxford University Press 1996 ]
Wine regions
While the grape is mostly associated with the
fortified wine
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production of the Douro, it can also be found in other smaller Portuguese and
Spanish wine regions
The mainstream quality wine regions in Spain are referred to as '' denominaciones de origen protegidas (DOP)'' (similar to the French Appellations) and the wine they produce is regulated for quality according to specific laws, and in compliance ...
such as the
Arribes ''
Denominación de Origen'' (DO) right along the Portugal/Spanish border in Castile and León and the
Castelo Rodrigo,
Cova da Beira and
Pinhel
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wine regions located within the larger
Beiras
Beira () was one of the six traditional provinces or ''comarcas'' of Portugal.
The territorial extension is different from that of the area called ''the Beiras'', which refers to three provinces of 1936, Beira Alta, Beira Baixa and Beira Lit ...
''Vinho Regional'' (VR) in Portugal.
[ T. Stevenson ''"The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia"'' pg 330-333 Dorling Kindersley 2005 ]
Viticulture and wine styles
Rufete is known to be an
early ripening vine that can produce
light bodied wines that are risk of
oxidizing
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easily if
anaerobic
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winemaking
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techniques are not used.
Synonyms
Over the years Rufete has been known under a variety of synonyms including Penamacor, Pennamaior, Pinot Aigret, Preto Rifete, Rifete, Riffete, Rofete, Rosete, Rosette, Ruceta, Rufeta, Rupeti Berra, Tinta Carvalha and Tinta Pinheira.
Vitis International Variety Catalogue
The Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) is a database of various species and varieties/cultivars of grapevine, the genus ''Vitis''. VIVC is administered by the Geilweilerhof Institute for Grape Breeding (''Institut für Rebenzüchtung Gei ...
(VIVC)
Rufete
' Accessed: August 17th, 2012
References
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Red wine grape varieties