A former wine merchant in the United Kingdom, Ricardo Melo from Quinta Da Ermegeira grew up in Brazil, Portugal’s main export market, where he was exposed to Portuguese wines from the very beginning of his wine education. Over time, through tasting and travelling, he came to know and appreciate the diversity of terroirs and grapes that define Portugal’s viticultural landscape. The passion for natural wines is a consequence of the last few years in London, tasting and meeting amazing producers. The decision to settle in the Lisbon region came about due to the region´s strong oceanic influence.
Ricardo made a close partnership in Quinta da Ermegeira with José Augusto Fasolo, an oenologist from Rio Grande do Sul, in the south of Brazil. Together in the cellar both are producing wines pairing out knowledge and tecnique to produce wines free of any synthetic chemicals, in organic with biodynamic procedures and wines free of sulphites. 100% grapes coming from Torres Vedras terroir where we work with Castelão, Alicante Bouschet and Tinta Roriz for reds and Arinto, Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc for whites.
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Certificacions
3rd year for organic certification with Codimaco (hopefully we can be certified by next year. in the vineyard we are totally organic, only using sulphur and copper but we also use different biodynamic preparations (not all), such as 500 and mostly 508 which we use constantly to combat mildew (horsetail infusion)
Informació tècnica
Wine growers who grow their own grapes.Manual harvest. Our own grapes, manual harvest done in a period of 2-3 weeks. we invite friends and also a team to help us.
Cultivation in dry land (without irrigation) Dry-farming
Estate extension:
4 hectares of older vines 25-30 years old and planted last year 1.5 hectares of new vines Arinto (white) and Chenin Blanc
Extension of the vineyard for winemaking: ???
Annual wine production: 2018 only 16.000 bottles, we had a difficult year plus 3 days of heat stroke, unfortunately. in 2019 we made 40.000 litres though!
Direcció
Rua das Quintas, 2 2565-433 Maxial Portugal/ Lisboa
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