Estate Argyros Vinsanto First Release

The youngest Vinsanto of Estate Argyros, demonstrating what youth is for such a wine. A strict selection of excessively old Assyrtiko, Aidani and Athiri vineyards in Episkopi, two hundred year old minimum, specifically earmarked for this style. Harvested at very deep ripeness, almost a month after the main picking date, giving insanely low yields. The grapes are sun dried for ten days, natural fermentation and three years of ageing takes place in old concrete vats, with additional aging for four years in old wooden vats. A luscious wine, with fruit at the forefront. Ready to drink on release but can age in bottle almost indefinitely. Final yield of this would be close to 75 ml per square metre of vineyard.

Designation: Protected Designation of Origin Vinsanto Santorini

Grape varieties: 80% Assyrtiko, 10% Athiri, 10% Aidani

Vineyard Vineyard selection: Episkopi

Vine age: Over 200 years old, ungrafted.

Vintage description: Vintage conditions are largely irrelevant to the production of Estate Argyros Vinsanto.

Harvest: 1st decade of September

Yield: 7.5 hl/ha

Vinification

Drying: Grapes are sun dried for ten days.

Fermentation: Uninoculated fermentation in old cement vats at 25o C for more than 8 months, stopping naturally.

Maturation: Three years in old cement vats, followed by four years in exhausted French oak, in a mix of barriques, 300 lt & 500 lt, and Russian oak, in 50 years old 1250 lt & 1350 lt barrels.

Technical Data

• Alcohol: 13% abv

• Res. Sugar: 250 gr/lit

• TA: 7.4 gr/lt as tartaric

• pH: 2.99

• Total SO2: 282 mg/lt (at bottling)

• Free SO2: 9 mg/lt (at bottling)

• Dry extract: 280 gr/lt

Closure: Natural cork

Ageing potential: Now – 2113

Total production: 8.000 bottles