Caves da Raposeira, S.A. (NIF 505705966) is a Lamego sparkling-wine house founded in 1898. It makes espumante by the traditional method, with the second fermentation in bottle and riddling and disgorging done by hand, and its winemaking team is led by Professor Orlando Lourenço and the oenologist Marta Lourenço. In Sweden, the importer CLAR Wine AB carries two Raposeira cuvées in Systembolaget’s order range, which together sold 31.5 litres in 2024 and 39.75 litres in 2025.
Raposeira is one of the old names of Portuguese sparkling wine. The house was founded in 1898 and modelled its espumante on Champagne. It uses the traditional method, with the second fermentation in bottle and manual riddling (remuage) and disgorging (dégorgement). The operating company is Caves da Raposeira, S.A. (NIF 505705966), formerly DPR – Sociedade Produtora de Vinhos e Bebidas, S.A., with €9.5 million in share capital. Its registered seat is in Matosinhos, near Porto, while its cellars are in Lamego. Besides sparkling-wine production (CAE 11022), it is registered for viticulture, beverage retail and tourism activities. The winemaking team is led by Professor Orlando Lourenço and the oenologist Marta Lourenço, who won the “sparkling-wine winemaker” award from the magazine Paixão pelo Vinho in 2024. Público’s 31 May 2025 profile of Orlando Lourenço was headlined “A Murganheira e a Raposeira de Orlando Lourenço”.
In Sweden the brand reaches consumers through CLAR Wine AB, which lists two vintage cuvées in Systembolaget’s order range. Raposeira Velha Reserva Bruto 2015 (article 5441901, SEK 236) has been available since 15 March 2023, and Raposeira Peerless Bruto 2016 (article 7303801, SEK 222) since 22 November 2023. Volumes are small. According to Systembolaget’s sales-per-article lists, the Velha Reserva sold 16.5 litres in 2024 and 24.75 litres in 2025, and the Peerless sold 15 litres in each year. That makes 31.5 litres in 2024 and 39.75 litres in 2025, or about 42 and 53 bottles. The same lists show Murganheira’s sparkling wines on sale at the monopoly too, under the producer names Murganheira and Sociedade Agrícola e Comercial do Varosa, S.A. Among them, Murganheira Millésime Bruto sold 41.25 litres in 2024 and 31.5 litres in 2025.
Raposeira is a well-known Portuguese sparkling-wine name, and it has an international medal record. In Sweden, though, it sells only a few dozen bottles a year, through order-range listings that customers have to request. That shows how hard it is to move Portuguese espumante beyond special orders at the Swedish monopoly. For Swedish importers looking at traditional-method sparkling wine at lower prices than Champagne, the two vintage cuvées already listed give a starting point.
October 2024: At the Mundus Vini Summer Tasting in Germany, Caves da Raposeira won four gold medals and the special award “Best of Show Portugal Sparkling Wine” for Raposeira Velha Reserva 2017 (reported 7 October 2024).
Sources: nif.pt and racius.com (NIF 505705966); echoboomer.pt, “Espumantes das Caves da Raposeira destacam-se no prestigiado Mundus Vini” (7 October 2024); Público headline via Google News, 31 May 2025; Systembolaget product search API (articles 5441901 and 7303801, 5 October 2026); Systembolaget “Försäljning per artikel” lists for 2024 and 2025. Spotted an error? Email miguel@fractio.se.
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