Azul y Garanza Bodegas

Natural Park or the desert of
Bardenas Reales and the Pre-Pyrenees. Navarra.

On the edge of Europe’s largest desert is the starting point for our project and our passion for these special terroirs, these one-of-a-kind places capable of breaking all limits and being present in their wines, offering distinctive character and great expression.

Las Bardenas Reales of Navarre is an extreme place: poor and arid clay and limestone soils, a dry climate with a wide thermic range between night and day. Due to these harsh conditions vines here produce a very limited crop but one of exceptional quality with highly-concentrated, very small grapes. We planted fruit trees and indigenous shrubs around the vines in order to support biodiversity in this semi-desert environment.

A few kilometers from the desert the low mountains and the Pre-Pyrenees of Navarre begin. Here we found some fabulous old Garnacha vines, growing almost wildly amid forest and biodiversity. Most of these vines, which are spread out in various isolated and very small parcels, are more than 100 years old. That some had been abandoned is not a negative for us, just the opposite: They are our most precious treasures and thanks to the invaluable support of the local vine growers, we have been able to recover them.

DIT Celler

Natural Park of the Sierra de Llabería. Monsant.

Montsant is a very important place in Dani’s life. It was here that he fell in love with vines and he has never forgotten it.

Vines of Garnatxa and Samsó, ranging from 20 to 75 years old, grow at an altitude of 400 – 600 meters (1,300 to 2,000 feet) between the villages of Capçanes and Tivissa. Ringed by forest, as well as olive and almond trees, the parcels are loaded with biodiversity. The soil is a chalky type called “pinyolenc” as its small stones resemble olive pips or pinyolencs. Also present is the marinada, a cold wind that sweeps to the highlands in the afternoon from the Mediterranean Sea bringing a special freshness to the wines, very characteristic of the area.

Altamente

Hoya Torres Valley. Jumilla.

A trip to the highest place in Jumilla, by way of Fer and returning through María Ángeles, led us to find the greatest Monastrell.

Between Sierra de la Cingla and Sierra de los Gavilanes, at an altitude of 900 meters (3,000 feet) and full of forest and biodiversity, Hoya Torres Valley is a privileged spot for cultivating grapes. With ages ranging from 30 to 60 years old, the vines are planted in part using ungrafted rootstocks in a dry climate on very poor and chalky soil and which deliver a small yield of 2,000 kg per hectare (1,800 pounds per acre). Where the two mountain ranges narrow together, the parcels of vineyards run North and South from one end to the other with one sunny area and another that is shady.

Entre Vinyes

Natural Park of Foix. Baix Penedés.

Restoring Pep’s old family vineyard is what brought María to this very spot in the heart of the Baix Penedés and of Cava.

With an average age of 60, these vines of Xarel·lo, Macabeu, and Parellada are growing in the Natural Park of Foix, amid oak and pine forests, in a dry climate in porous terrain that sucks water away. The soil is calcareous, very poor and shallow with hardly any organic material. The great amount of biodiversity here creates a unique ecosystem which naturally regulates the equilibrium of the vineyard. This is a special way of conceiving vineyards and wine; one based on maximum respect for the land and for tradition, working artesenally… in natural harmony.