Nikolou Kodra Recina 2023
£23.00
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Nikolou Kodra Recina 2023
£23.00
Description
Kodra is Nikolou's more natural take on retsina, made from the estate's own Savatiano with a lighter hand on the pine resin than the classic style. Fresh and citrusy, it's built to show the grape and resin in balance rather than one dominating the other.
At a glance
Grape
Savatiano
Region
Central Greece
Vintage
2023
ABV
13.5%
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.