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Gaia Wines Clay Orange Wine Santorini Assyrtiko 2021
£227.16
Current Price (inc. Tax)
6 bottle(s) at £37.86 per bottle.
In stock
SKU
HD5914721A
Gaia Wines Clay Orange Wine Santorini Assyrtiko 2021
- Grapes Assyrtiko 100%
- Country Greece
- Region: Aegean Islands Santorini
- Abv 13 %
- Dry/Sweet value: 1 (1 is dry, 7 is very sweet)
Residual Sugar: 1.7
Contains Sulphites: Yes
Vegetarian/Vegan: Yes/Yes
Milk/Eggs: No/No
Organic: No
Biodynamic: No - Case size 6/ 75cl
- Winemaker: Yiannis Paraskevopoulos
- Closure Nomacorc
- Deep amber in colour, this richly textured, warming and aromatic orange wine delivers intense notes of candied tropical fruit and dried fruits layered with vanilla and honeycomb nuances. Following a minimal intervention philosophy, the wine was vinified without additions and not under temperature-controlled conditions. When fermentation was complete, it was aged for 30 months on its lees, without bâtonnage, in the same clay spheres in which it was fermented. The wine was bottled without fining.
This wine was vinified in modern clay pots, the successor to the traditional amphora. The grapes were macerated on their skins with the fermenting must for seven days, producing a rich golden-orange coloured must. Maceration and fermentation occurred spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, and ageing occurred in modern clay spheres. Following a minimal intervention philosophy, the wine was vinified without additions and not under temperature-controlled conditions. When fermentation was complete, it was aged for 30 months on its lees, without bâtonnage, in the same clay spheres in which it was fermented. The wine was bottled without fining.
Deep amber in colour, this richly textured, warming and aromatic orange wine delivers intense notes of candied tropical fruit and dried fruits layered with vanilla and honeycomb nuances.
| Price | £189.30 |
|---|---|
| Country | Greece |
| Brand | Gaia Wines |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Bottles Per Case | 6 |
| Bottle Size | 75 |
| 2 cases 10% off | No |
| Winery | The ancient vineyard is situated on the beautiful island of Santorini, where the grapes come from ancient, ungrafted vines with roots that date back over three centuries. The self-rooted, 70 to 80-year-old vines are trained in the traditional Santorini bush vine method and are very low-yielding, producing concentrated juice. The soil is calcareous; a porous soil formed by volcanic activity, mainly consisting of pumice and is therefore extremely poor in nutrients. Organic matter, including Phylloxera, does not survive in the soil, hence the ancient roots of the vines date back to the Prephylloxera era. The climate is typically Aegean, with mild winters and relatively cool summers. Good rainfall in winter, typically hot days from late June to early July and night-time humidity in July and August all produce high-quality fruit. The combination of low yields, with the distinctive soil and the old vine Assyrtiko variety, which naturally produces wines with high alcohol and high acidity, results in exuberant wines with a strong personality. |
| Keywords | Gaia, Clay, Orange, Santorini |
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