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DISCOVERY
MARCELO BREGANTI, THE WINEMAKER AT VIÑA EDEN
palate, it offers a creamy sensation with a delicate
mousse and a long, unctuous finish”. Based on his
extensive experience, Caraguel argues that “Argentina,
with the quality of its fruit and its expertise,
produces sparkling wines on a par with the best
examples in the world”.
VIÑA EDEN: PARADISE IN
URUGUAY
VIÑA EDEN AND THE SEARCH FOR A DISTINCTIVE STYLE, STARTING WITH THE
ARCHITECTURE ITSELF
Located in Maldonado, very near the Atlantic
Ocean and a few minutes from the famous
Uruguayan seaside resort of Punta del Este, the
history of Viña Eden began in 2009. It started
when a Brazilian couple arrived in the area of
Pueblo Eden and fell in love with it, defining it as
“quiet, near the sea and full of rocky hills, with a
perfect terroir for producing wine”. Since then,
they have poured all their efforts into developing
a unique style, typical of a boutique winery, taking
an artisanal, careful and sustainable approach to
the production of high quality wines.
Viña Edén produces white and rosé sparkling
wines, both made using the traditional method,
with a secondary fermentation in the bottle in the
winery’s cellar at low ambient temperatures in
order to obtain fine bubbles. According to winemaker
Marcelo Breganti, “our sparkling wine is
Brut Nature, with no added sugar or sulphites,
and no dosage. It is simply disgorged and corked,
with nothing added. It has more than 18 months of
bottle fermentation and is disgorged as required”.
For the rosé sparkling wine, Pinot Noir is the
mainstay grape with a dash of 8% Chardonnay, for
greater freshness. “The wine is designed as a rosé
from the moment it is fermented, and not a white
wine to which some red is added to give it colour”,
stresses Breganti. The collection also includes the
Traditional Method Sur Lies 3D, which is in its
purest form, with no disgorgement, “giving consumers
the opportunity to continue ageing with the
yeast in suspension and decide on when to open
the bottle”, explains Breganti. “It is a sparkling
wine that is visually different to others because it
is cloudier due to the lees that remain in suspen-
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