Nikolou Fine Lees Savatiano White 2020
£19.00
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Nikolou Fine Lees Savatiano White 2020
£19.00
Description
Soil: Sandy-Clay with limestone Average Vine Age: 20 years Vineyard Yield Kg/ha: 10000 Kg/ha Trainning System: Bush Vinification: Manual harvest in the beginning of September, pressure & static settling for 36 hours, followed by alcoholic fermentation with selected yeasts at controlled temperature in stainless steel vats. The wine stays on its fine lees for 12 months followed by 3 months of maturation in oak & acacia barrels before bottling. Aging Potential: 5+ years Total SO2: 130 mg/lt Total Acidity: 5.7 gr/lt pH: 3.38 Residual Sugars: 1.0 gr/lt
At a glance
Grape
Savatiano
Region
Central Greece
Vintage
2020
ABV
13.0%
Sweetness
Dry
Vegan
Grape
Savatiano
Savatiano is Greece's single most widely planted grape variety, historically the backbone of retsina and still the everyday white of Attica and central Greece. Once dismissed as a workhorse grape grown purely for high yields, low-yield, non-irrigated old vines have shown it can produce genuinely fine, ageworthy whites with citrus, pear and floral notes and, with time in barrel, an appealing oily texture.
Producer
Nikolou Winery has cultivated Savatiano grapes in Koropi, Attica, since 1875, though for generations the family sold their must to Athenian taverns to ferment into retsina themselves. That changed in 1980, when Vassilios Nikolou — trained in chemistry and oenology — took over, modernised the winery and began bottling under the family name for the first time; his son Evangelos, also a trained oenologist, later joined him, and today the next generation, Evangelos and Christina, run the estate. Nikolou is known for pushing Savatiano and retsina in unexpected directions, including Botanic, the world's first traditional-method sparkling retsina.