Clos Stegasta Assyrtiko White Wine

Composition/Winemaking: 100% Assyrtiko from the emblematic Clos Stegasta vineyard. Spontaneous fermentation in a mixture of stainless-steel tanks, wooden vats and oak barrels. Bottled after seven months maturation on its lees.
Tasting notes: A wine of high energy and power that sets the bar for the variety. The nose shows a striking combination of citrus and honeysuckle along crushed rocks nuances. The palate is vibrant and focused ringing with flavor and movement. It is overlaid with purity and saline minerality and finishes impressively long.

Vintage 2020
Mild winter with high amount of rainfall. Budbreak commenced around middle of March. Flowering was set on spring with low amount of rainfall and low temperatures that went on until the end of April. Temperatures in May were slightly elevated, so were in June. July was warm but without excessive heat. August was mild with strong winds. The vintage of 2020 is characterized as an excellent vintage due to the ideal weather conditions and the homogeneous grape maturation.
Harvest took place very early in the morning. Successive picking of the grapes of the same plot in Stegasta vineyard according to their maturity. Handpicked clusters placed in 20 Kg bins, were pressed in pneumatic press. Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Ageing over lies for 4 months partly in stainless steel tanks, amphorea and barrels.
Elegant floral and citrus nose combine with a deeply saline minerality alongside rich, buttery flavors. The palate is mineral, rich, with excellent acidity and salinity. Elegant, fresh and well balanced finish.

Soil
Granite bedrock with sandy soil. Organically grown grapes. Asyrtiko plot is situated at 450m of altitude and 10.000 vines/ha with north-east orientation. The yield is 25hl/ha.

Varietal : Asyrtiko
Alcohol : 13.5%