Tetramythos 2023 Roditis Nature
There is a certain beauty in the ineluctable fact that this object lesson in “natural” wine-making (absolutely nothing added to the wine) should derive from Europe’s oldest wine culture. The sheer dimension and clarity of flavour, allied to a luxurious texture, yet all packed into an orderly frame, are breathtakingly good. There is nothing even remotely offbeat about this classy and delicious wine. Roditis is actually a dark-skinned grape which, when left to macerate as an Orange wine, takes on discernible pigmentation. Mercifully, this wine, while “natural” in every regard, has been respectfully permitted to remain “white”. The vineyard was planted in 1971, with many vines ungrafted. (Phylloxera did not arrive here, amazingly, until the 1970’s.)
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Wine Specifics
WineWise Code | HTE-RON23 |
Country | Greece |
Region | Patras |
Color/Style | White |
Destemming | Complete |
Fermentation Vessel | Stainless Steel |
Additional Fermentation Notes | Typical white vinification
Fermentation duration: 2 months |
Aging Vessel | 100% Stainless Steel |
Aging Duration (months) | 4 |
Filtered? | No |
Fining Agents | None |
Yeast Protocol | Spontaneous |
Malolactic Conversion | Yes |
Additonal Maturation Details: | lees contact |
Added Sulfur | Yes, 24ppm |
Varieties | 100% Roditis |
Residual Sugar | 1.9 |
ABV | 13.5 |
Acidity | 5.4 |
pH | 3.32 |
Closure | DIAM |
Annual Production | 1420 |
Certified Vegan | No |
Other Wine Facts | Roditis is an old, pink skinned variety of Greece and spesifically the cultivated clone of Roditis in our region, is the Roditis Alepou, meaning Roditis Fox, indicating the pink-almost purple hue of the skins. |
Soil Types | Calcareous, Alluvial, Loam |
Elevation (meters) | 840 |
Vine Age | 50 |
Yields (hl/ha) | 52 |
Farming Practices | Certified Organic |
Harvest Method | Hand-harvested |
Additional Harvest Notes | Bushvines |
Other Vineyard Details | North |
Notes from the Producer: Organic and minimal intervention wine produced from a north-facing, single vineyard of Roditis grape variety. Cultivated inside the Protected Designation of Origin area of P.D.O. “Patras”, at 850 meters altitude, influenced by the regional cool climate. Vines are trained in non- irrigated traditional bushvines (Gobelet), 50 years old in limestone soils, providing low yields of concentrated flavored, quality grapes.
Manual harvest starts in mid-September. Use only of the free-run must, long alcoholic fermentation with wild yeasts and spontaneous malolactic fermentation. Remaining on the fine wine lees for more than 3 months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered, with low sulphites addition.
Wine with yellow color, aromas of lemon blossoms, citrus, apple and bergamot, creamy mouth texture with crispy acidity, hints of minerality and long aftertaste.
