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Gardunha Sul

Made in Portugal

Location : Vale de Prazeres, Fundão

Products : Wines, Beira Baixa, Castelão, Fonte Cal and Uva Formosa (Whites and Oranges), Bastardo Espanhol, Carrega Burros, Bastardinho, Rufete, Marufo, Moscatel Tinto and Jaen (Reds and Rose)

Value : Handcrafted
 

Website : www.gardunha-sul.negocio.site​

After almost 15 years working in and out of the mainstream winemaking business alongside with some of the most important mainstream winemakers in Portugal, I’ve decided to take a
step back and embrace a much more natural and uncomplicated approach to wine, in search of the true “essence” of the grape without any kind of masks. This was a natural step because, as a child growing up, my father use to make some liters of wine for house consumption, continuing what is part of a genuine Portuguese culture

The project has 2 main goals:

1) Have sustainable vineyards, with organic and biodynamic principals, with minimal intervention and treatments;

2) Researching and preserving old grape varieties – I don’t want quantities but typicity and uniqueness;

This kind of farming (organic) is very natural in the Beira Interior Region, due to the very specific terroirs and very well adapted grape varieties. This translate in the region beeing the Portuguese wine region with most organic grapes production. 

My vineyards (rented and grape suppliers) follow the flow of the Beira Interior – with high altitude vineyards (above 450 meter above sea level), soils that range from granitic sands to clay and schist mixture. The exposure is mainly in the south, in the slope of the Gardunha
Mountain facing the south plains of Portugal, and in the Cova da Beira, a region very fertil and with great balance for the grapes. The Gardunha mountain marks the frontier between the mountains fo the North and the Plains of the South, wich allows me to get more alchoolic and full body grapes from the south part and blend them with the more delicate and acidic grapes from the north part of the Gardunha. This results in balanced wines that mirror what I intend
for the project – Beira Baixa in a glass.

The focus keeps the same: minimal intervention in the vineyard and in the cellar, just pressing the grapes, taking the juice and fermenting. Nothing added - using natural yeast; Nothing taken – I don’t filter or fine the wines! I just let winter do the clarification and use a small SO2 
amount just before bottling.

I respect Nature, naturally!

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