Kormilitsa – Red Dry Wine – Mount Athos

Description

Deep and intense purple color, with ruby shades. Aromas of small dark fruits, spices and vanilla. Herbal aromas that add complexity. In the mouth dry, with
well structured tannins, full and complex flavor of fruits and sweet spices. Unique and long aftertaste.

Technical data

Vineyard

Location : Metochi Chromitsas, Agios Panteleimonas Monastery, Mount Athos

Area : 800 acres

Altitude : 220 – 250 meters

Pruning : Bilateral royat

Planting method: Linear

vinification

Pre-fermentation extraction at 10-12oC for 48 hours.
Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks at a temperature (+/–) of 22oC for (+/–) 15 days. During fermentation, successive recycling of the must is carried out in order to come into contact with the marc and extract the tannins and anthocyanins of the grapes. After the end of alcoholic fermentation, malolactic fermentation follows.

Maturation: 10 months in 300 liter barrels of French oak.
(Barrels: 40% 1st and 60% 2nd and 3rd use)

Ageing: 6 months in bottle before placing on the market.<