Barafakas Kydonitsa White 2024
£30.00
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Barafakas Kydonitsa White 2024
£30.00
Description
Barafakas Kydonitsa White 2024 is a dry white from the Selected Vineyards range in the Peloponnese. Floral, herbal and white-pepper notes meet a hint of apricot and a fresh, fruit-led palate. Enjoy with seafood risotto, fish or white meats.
At a glance
Grape
Kydonitsa
Region
Peloponnese
Vintage
2024
ABV
12.7%
Sweetness
Dry
Denomination
PGI Peloponnese
Pairs well with
Seafood risotto, White meats, Fish
Grape
Kydonitsa
Kydonitsa, also written Kidonitsa, is a white grape associated with Lakonia in the south-eastern Peloponnese. Its name echoes the Greek word for quince, a characteristic aroma of the variety. The wines are generally rounded and textured; it is used for dry whites and in sweet Monemvasia-Malvasia blends.
Producer
Young winemaker Christos Barafakas with a degree in Agriculture returned to his family’s 14-hectare large vineyard in Nemea and established his winery in 2002. He has been one of the few new producers, who expressed the Agiorgitiko variety in fresh styles, without the use of ageing wooden barrels. His vineyard plots have a varying altitude between 280 and 600m above sea level, with plants ranging in age between 5 to 45 years and overall low yields, 6-9 t/ha. Although generally straightforward and practical in his approach, he has created some unique wines, such as “Thousand Years”, a blend of Agiorgitiko and Cabernet Sauvignon, suitable for ageing in the cellar and the boutique Phylacto, sun-dried Assyrtiko in very limited quantities, a “mini-Vinsanto” (with a twist, as aged in acacia barrels) to be found outside Santorini.