£32.00
per bottle (750 ml)
DESCRIPTION
The VISSA wine has been produced from fully ripe organic farming Xinomavro grapes from our 20 y.o. family-owned single vineyard named “PaleoKastra”(means the old castle)-“Vissa” at the time of Homer. Multi-cloned low yield Xinomavro vines are growing in low fertility limestone-clay soils with almost 30% active Ca+2. It was vinified in 35hl stainless steel tanks, undergone full of malolactic transformation and matured 14 months into 70% new oak of which 50% 228l, 50% 400l, 20% 2nd use 225l and 10% 3rd use 225l. The VISSA wine is physically stabilised.
AT A GLANCE
Red
2012
15 ABV
Xinomavro
Central Greece
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Grape
Xinomavro
This is the shining star of the Greek vineyard! An intriguing grape, that needs good care when growing and though it might be susceptible to wet weather in the vineyard, when healthy, harvested appropriately and treated with focus in the winery hits admirable heights of body and complexity. Moreover and thanks also to its tight tannins and high acidity, it is suitable for long ageing. If you are a cellar fanatic, there is no better Greek grape to invest your patience on. It is obvious from Xinomavro wines of 30 or more years of age available today, that the potential of slow transformation of flavours, increasing complexity and better integration with time is huge.
Producer
Karadimos
This family winery is run by 2nd generation winemaker brothers Dimitris (oenologist) & Yannis (viticulturist). Their 7.5 hct large vineyard was replanted in 1997 with Assyrtiko & Malagousia and in 2000 with Xinomavro, which plot represents the southernmost planting of Xinomavro. It lies on the Slopes Knimidos, near Atalanti, at 440m altitude from sea level and receives the cooling breezes originating both from the Aegean Sea and the Northern Euboean Gulf, as well as the mountain mass of Parnassus. The winery was established in 2000 and operates in full & certified organic mode, producing a total of 20000 bottles a year.
In view of these powerful taste elements that the grape exhibits, some winemakers choose to under express it, so the result is a more straightforward, approachable, yet appetising wine. In any form there is something truly unique about Xinomavro, a stark personality of a grape that can not be confused with any other. And with only four PDO regions growing the grape, the largest and most significant of which is undeniably Naoussa, there is a good incentive to explore the different versions of wine it can produce, either in mono-varietal forms or in blends with other local and often relating grapes. Herein lies indeed another strength of the grape, as the styles of wine Xinomavro can produce are truly diverse, from Pet-Nat to properly sparkling wines and from rose and light reds to bold reds, worth of long ageing and even botrytised sweet wines produced in special years. Xinomavro might not only be the most unforgettable of Greek grapes but also the most diverse!
DELIVERY
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