Old pre-phylloxera vines of Grenache and Carignan along with Syrah make up the great trio of varieties in the Muntada blend. The winemaking is old-fashioned with native yeasts, concrete tanks and maturation in old foudres for eighteen months. Muntada has excellent depth and intensity while managing to maintain its characteristic elegance. It is a “raw”...
At a time when the house was betting on the bigger, richer wines in terms of barrel and maturity, Gauby worked against the grain. In a hot region where over-ripeness can often be achieved in a flash he found the trick in biodynamic farming and shading the vineyards. Large trees spread their shade through the vines, protecting the old cups from the hot...
Old pre-phylloxera vines of Grenache and Carignan along with Syrah make up the great trio of varieties in the Muntada blend. The winemaking is old-fashioned with native yeasts, concrete tanks and maturation in old foudres for eighteen months. Muntada has excellent depth and intensity while managing to maintain its characteristic elegance. It is a “raw”...
The wine is fermented with spontaneous yeasts in a combination of cement and oak tanks and is matured for eight months in them. It has that lovely peppery character of the Rhone wines but with very restrained alcohol and more fresh than overripe fruit. The tannins are soft and flowing on the palate, possessing both breadth and density. There's nothing to...
The vineyard of Santameriana was first planted in 2007 after the research and efforts of Panagiotis Dimitropoulos to revive the variety that belongs to the Asproud family of the Peloponnese. Like all the natural wines of Sant'Or winery, Santameriana is produced with indigenous yeasts, without clarification and filtration with minimal sulfites added only...
A fifty-year-old vineyard that shines thanks to the efforts of Panagiotis and his ancestors to help it live effectively and without chemical interference. It is nature itself that is radiant and seeing it makes you realize the importance of standing a step back, observing carefully and listening to the needs of nature. She in turn reciprocates with a wine...
