Bodegas García de Verdevique is a small winery near Granada in southern Spain. García de Verdevique makes natural wines: from organic grapes, unfiltered, unfined and without additives. The grapes come from Europe's highest-altitude vineyards, at 1,150 to 1,400 meters. These are remarkably characterful wines.
García de Verdevique's vineyards lie in the Contraviesa-Alpujarra region, near Granada, part of the Spanish wine province of Andalusia. Wine has been made here for centuries, but until the end of the last century it was usually not bottled but sold in barrels or plastic bottles for local consumption in the region.
When Antonio García Santiago inherited his father's vineyards in the 1980s, he decided to do things differently. He had trained as an oenologist and realized times had changed - competition was fierce and consumers were becoming more discerning. Antonio decided to start bottling his own wine.
To make high-quality wines, he planted Tempranillo and Vijariego. The latter is an indigenous grape of the region that had nearly died out at the time. A few years later, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah were added. They stand in steep vineyards so difficult to access that they are worked with the help of donkeys.
García de Verdevique's vineyards are the highest-altitude vineyards in Europe, at 1,150 to 1,400 meters above sea level. They can get very hot during the day but cool enormously at night, which has a very positive effect on the ripening of the grapes and therefore on the quality of the wine.
García de Verdevique uses no pesticides or herbicides. They don't filter, don't fine the wine and add nothing. They make characterful natural wines that reflect the terroir of the various microclimates in their vineyards. We currently have three wines from Bodegas García de Verdevique in our range. You can view all our wines from Bodegas García de Verdevique here.
If you want to know more about this winery, here you will find the link to the website of Bodegas García de Verdevique.
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