Winemakers

 

JOÃO TAVARES DE PINA

Location: Dão, Penalva do Castelo          

Altitude: 550m

Vineyard size: 13 ha 

Soils: Granite, Quartz, Clay, Schist

Grape varieties:  Jaen, Rufete and Touriga Nacional red grapes, and Encruzado, Siria, and Bical, Sercial, Malvasia for white grapes

Farming: Biodynamic, not certified

Cellar: Natural

His vineyards are surrounded by forests and on granitic soils. He works bio-dynamically, plants trees and cover crops in his vineyards to increase diversity and a natural balance in the ecosystem. He is as low-intervention as possible, using as little sulfites as possible. 

The vines are lined with oak and eucalyptus forests. He works to maintain natural biodiversity in the vineyard, allowing chamomile, clover, lavender and wild flowers to grow. He does not use synthetic products or herbicides in the vineyards and he never uses agents for filtering or fining in the cellar. Aside from a touch of sulfur when bottled, João lets the wine evolve naturally. According to him, he is not following the trend of the natural wine movement, but rather he is simply making wine as his father and his grandfather have always done, as naturally as possible.

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The vines are lined with oak and eucalyptus forests. He works to maintain natural biodiversity in the vineyard, allowing chamomile, clover, lavender and wild flowers to grow. He does not use synthetic products or herbicides in the vineyards and he never uses agents for filtering or fining in the cellar. Aside from a touch of sulfur when bottled, João lets the wine evolve naturally. According to him, he is not following the trend of the natural wine movement, but rather he is simply making wine as his father and his grandfather have always done, as naturally as possible.