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85% Malbec and 15% Merlot to bring down the youthful "rigor" of the blend from organically cultivated vineyards on gravel and limestone soils with clay. The grapes are vinified in stainless steel tanks at relatively high temperatures with very careful cap breaking, and each individual vineyard plot after being vinified separately will be blended in the...
Fruity and floral sensation - think violets; green pepper and notes of cherry and plum. Fine tannins give the wine a serious dimension, while refinement and elegance run the gamut through to the gently phenolic finish. Stemming was done by hand and maceration lasted a total of three months in 420l clay amphorae. It then remained for a further four months...
Singulier has the fruit from five different vines which are biodynamically grown using traditional natural methods, like all Tissot vines. Fermentation takes place in old barrels and lasts about a month. The wine is then matured for twelve months in demi-muids (600lt) of which 10% is new barrel. The sulphite levels are very low. Ripe cherries, plums and...
Patchwork comes from five different vines with the oldest of them planted in 1962. Fermentation is spontaneous and maturation takes place in 228lt French barrels, 10% of which are new. Burgundian style, closer to the nerve of a Puligny-Montrachet, with expressive fruit around a core of tobacco, yeast and minerality. Medium-bodied, elegant and lacy on the...
Let's leave any marketing gimmicks aside and focus on the substance of the matter. 1979 Wines' two Kallos micro releases from the 2022 vintage are two stunning and fascinatingly different resins. The research in the first stage highlighted the quality of the aromas from a sustainably harvested resin and in the second stage, taking this pure - capable of...
It is as if Eleni Kehri managed to capture in the bottle the most characteristic features of Greek nature and made it into wine. A wine in which you can enjoy the botanical elements, the freshness of pine in perfect balance with the fruity characteristics of the Assyrtiko of Goumenissa and mild notes from the barrel. The sustainable resin gives crystal...
We often wonder if there is another wine that, on a global level, has a clearer connection with its place than retsina. What is shocking, however, is that with 1979 Wines' Kallos, retsina takes on a different dimension, that of a quality icon not only for this particular category but for Greek wine as a whole. Hardly any other wine will manage to awaken...
Such a special wine could only have an equally special name. The name Metagitnion refers to the second month of the Attic calendar (roughly late July to late August). Its almost orange colour is the result of slow oxidative ageing in old barrels without the protection offered by sulphites at any stage of the process. It is dry, with aromas of honey and...
The wine is organic and the vineyard is located in the area of Katogi (lower than the sea level) of Paliki. The small acreage yields of the vineyards (privately owned organic and cooperating) are from 30 to 50 years old and the wine is vinified in anoxic tanks with indigenous yeasts and bottled after remaining with the lees for about 8-9 months. Perfectly...
Beautiful, ripe Chassagne, with fruit aromas and notes of hazelnut and nuts, but it doesn't lose anything from Lamy's -full of intensity- style in the mouth. Quite generous and dense but with acidity and smoky mineral notes that balance it beautifully. Lovely harmony and a sense of quality as if it comes from a higher classified vineyard. The fermentation...
The movement was so natural, so exquisite in its gentleness, it wasn't until I opened my eyes that I understood my limbs were touching only air. I was not far off the ground - no more than an inch or two- but I hung there without effort, suspended like the moon in the night sky, motionless and aloft, conscious only of the air fluttering in an out of my lungs. I can't say how long I hovered like that, but at a certain moment, with the same slowness and gentleness as before, I eased back to the ground.
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