Typeon Assyrtiko

Description

Grape variety: Assyrtiko

Category: Orange – natural wine

Vineyard: Location “Trikokia” in Grillos Olympias.

Age of vines: 7 years

Predominant type of soil: Clay loam Harvest date: 14-09-2021

Vinification: This wine is a wild fermentation’s product with low intervention, without additional oenological materials. Assyrtiko grapes are destemmed and the marc remains with the juice in an open tank for 8 days (classical red vinification) with periodic pigeage. The marcs are slightly pressed in a pneumatic press and the wine continues to ferment in a stainless steel tank. Maturation in the inox tank. The wine remain in the inox tank for 4 months and is bottled unfiltered.

Alcohol: 12,20%

Acidity: 5,70 g tartaric acid / L

Total SO2 (mg/lt): 20 mg/l

pH: 3.45

Residual sugars: 2,1 g/lt

Tasting notes: Amber color due to the contact with the marcs for 8 days. Fruity and mineral aromas with notes of nuts. The mouth is full slight tannical, reminiscent of fruit such as ripe apricot and peach. The aftertaste is long and with intense aromatic duration.