Chatzivaritis Estate 'Ni' Malagouzia - Roditis White 2018
£18.00
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Chatzivaritis Estate 'Ni' Malagouzia - Roditis White 2018
£18.00
Description
A blend of two of Macedonia's signature white grapes — aromatic, floral Malagousia and fresher, citrus-toned Roditis — grown organically on the Chatzivaritis family's Goumenissa vineyards. Light and dry, it leans on freshness and varietal aromatics rather than weight.
At a glance
Grape
Malagousia, Roditis
Region
Northern Greece
Vintage
2018
Sweetness
Dry
Grapes
Malagousia & Roditis
Malagousia is an aromatic white variety grown primarily in Central Greece and Greek Macedonia. The variety was rescued from near extinction in 1983 by the winemaker Evangelos Gerovassiliou, after he planted out his vineyard at Epanomi, on the Halkidiki peninsula, with the variety. Malagousia is best known for its citrus and peach characteristics, often showing various melon flavours on the palate. It is often used as a blending agent, most notably with Assyrtiko, to which it adds middle body weight.
Producer
Chatzivaritis Estate is a family winery in Goumenissa, northern Greece, founded in 1994 when Vagelis Chatzivaritis — originally a mechanical engineer — planted his first vines as a hobby, later building a proper winery on the site in 2007. The estate farms around 18–20 hectares organically across several parcels, focused on the indigenous Macedonian varieties Xinomavro, Negoska, Roditis, Malagousia, Muscat and Assyrtiko, alongside small plots of international grapes. In 2017 Vagelis's daughter Chloi, trained in France and Portugal and with winemaking experience in New Zealand, Argentina and Chile, returned to run production, bringing a low-intervention approach and techniques such as pétillant naturel and carbonic maceration to the range.