Edenia Fuxia comes from 70% Limniona and 30% Zalovitiko grapes, grown in Kalogries, at an altitude of 320–340 meters and a slope of 13%. The two varieties are blended after 4 hours of pre-fermentation maceration before pressing. Fermentation is spontaneous, with indigenous yeasts, 90% in stainless steel tanks and 10% in second-use French barrels. After...
Melissaki, whose name derives from its honeyed aromas, was rescued from the slopes of Psiloritis and is cultivated in the Geroditis vineyard of the estate at an altitude of 480m. Vinification takes place in contact with the skins for one month in 400-liter first and second-use barrels and with yeasts isolated from this particular vineyard. The wine is not...
En Spois is one of the single-vineyard Vin Jaune wines produced by Tissot and comes from Savagnin grapes grown on clay soils from the Triassic period with eastern exposure. Fermentation occurs spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, and the wine is aged for 6 years in old barrels without filling in an oxidative manner. Aging takes place in 60% warmer and...
Phelloe Nature comes from a single, organic 3-acre vineyard in the mountain village of Phelloe (Seliana), in eastern Aegialia. The partially ungrafted vines, planted in limestone and clayey rocky soils, yield low yields per acre and extremely concentrated grapes. Vinification is carried out by spontaneous fermentation in open tanks, manual pigeage and two...
It's not just this historic piece of land across the river from Savennieres, a stunning - yet unexplored - terroir for dry wines, that Vanessa uses as the basis for some of the most delicious wines of the extremely fashionable Loire variety. She continues to nurture this great 50+ year old vineyard that sits on shale and sandstone soils with biodynamic...
The wine comes from two organic vineyards at 1,050 meters altitude — one with a western exposure (Agios Ilias) and the other with an eastern exposure (Allama ton Gynaikon). The vines are bush-trained (gobelet), dry-farmed without irrigation, and within the vineyard, Yiannoudi is interplanted with Spourtiko, Morokanella, and Xynisteri — a common practice...
