Sant'Or Roditis Biodynamic Amphora 2021
£22.50
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Sant'Or Roditis Biodynamic Amphora 2021
£22.50
Description
Deep orange/copper color, complex nose of ripe apple, honeycomb, orange peel with intense minerality. Full-bodied with well-integrated tannins, vibrant acidity and long after taste. Skin contact 20 Days in Cement Egg, clay amphora. Bottled unfiltered.
At a glance
Grape
Roditis
Region
Peloponnese
Vintage
2021
ABV
12.0%
Biodynamic
Natural
Organic
Vegan
Grape
Roditis
This pink-skinned grape is one of the most cultivated white varieties of Greece. Though traditionally from Peloponnese region, now it garnishes vineyards in different regions such as Epirus, Patra, Attica and Peloponnese. It can produce well-structured wines with lemony color, fruity aromas and stimulating acidity. Winemakers have been recently exploring new styles, offering premium quality Roditis based wines.
Producer
Sant'Or is a small biodynamic estate in Santameri, a historic village about 30km from Patras in Achaia, named after the ruins of a 13th-century Frankish castle in the hills above it. Panagiotis Dimitropoulos farms the family's vineyards — inherited through generations of growers — at 600m in the foothills of Mount Scolis, without irrigation, and was behind Greece's first certified biodynamic winery. Alongside Roditis and Agiorgitiko, Sant'Or is built around two local specialities: dry, monovarietal Mavrodaphne, a grape usually reserved for sweet wine, and Santameriana, a nearly extinct white grape from the village itself that Dimitropoulos has spent years reviving, starting from just ten surviving old vines.