With the very high price of land in this area, due to demand for holiday homes, we were not able to buy a property large enough to enable us to be self-sufficient for the supply of grapes to our new Bodega. However, this has actually turned out to be beneficial as we have developed very good connections to local growers and we are able to buy in more than enough grapes to meet our demands. Rows of vines are carefully chosen from the various vineyard blocks and monitored throughout the growing season to ensure the best possible quality fruit. Our tiny production of less than 2000 cases per year means we can pay attention to every detail.
As well as our own small vineyard, we have also established blocks of vines on neighboring properties which we run in cooperation with the owners. Our innovative system of vineyard management ensures that land – which would otherwise be left fallow – becomes a productive asset to both the owners of the properties and ourselves.
We use a minimal spray programme in our vineyards (Integrated Viticulture), as much natural fertilizer as possible and a green cover crop over the winter months.
Unlike many Bodegas & wineries, we can actually claim that our wines are “handcrafted”. Every element of the wine making process is done by us, by hand. We do use some outside help during picking but other than that, we attend to it all.
