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Sant’Or Agiorgitiko

Santor Agiorgitiko - Mitzifiris Organic Vineyards - Achaia, Peloponnese, Greece - natural red dry wine - Agiorgitiko - Eklektikon

Agiorgitiko Natural is a completely natural vinification of the most planted red grape of Greece, from organic vineyards in the Peloponnese, close to Nemea.

  • Grower: Sant’Or Wines
  • Vintage: 2021
  • Type: Red Dry Wine
  • Grapes: Agiorgitiko 100%
  • Appellation: PGI Achaia
  • Alcohol: 14.00%
  • Bottle: 750ml
  • Viticulture: Certified organic
  • Vinification: Spontaneously fermented in stainless steel, aged for 6 months in neutral oak, and bottled unfiltered and unfined with under 32 mg/l sulfites.
  • Tasting Notes: Typical Agiorgitiko fresh fruit (sour cherry, licorice) on the nose, slightly on the ripe side, with excellent concentration and depth. Rich mouth with high tannins and acidity, with an overall untamed but structured mouthfeel.
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Key Info

Viticulture

  • Certified Organic
  • Climate: Mild Winter and dry Summer
  • Soil: Clay loam, schist rocks
  • Vine age: Planted in 2000
  • Altitude: 400m
  • Slope: 40%
  • Planting density: 26 plants / ha
  • Yield: 2.5 kg / vine
  • Irrigation: None
  • Spraying: 4 times
  • Harvesting: Manually in plastic crates

Vinification

  • Maceration: Skin contact for 18 days in stainless steel tank and 6 months in oak barrel
  • Pressing: None
  • Temperature Control: None
  • Fermentation: Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel tank for 18 days
  • Malolactic: Naturally completed
  • Maturation: 6 months in French oak barrels
  • Clarification: Natural
  • Filtration: None
  • Production: 5,500 lt
  • Alcohol: 14.00%
  • Acidity: 6.60 gr/l
  • RS: 2.20 gr/l
  • Total sulfites: 32.0 mg/l
  • Certification: Organic grapes, Vegan
  • Bottle: 750ml

Winery

Sant’Or wines is located outside the historical 3rd largest Greek city of Patra, and operated by a local grower, Panagiotis Dimitropoulos, who is cultivating his 4.5 ha of vineyards biodynamically, at an altitude of 600m, with no irrigation. Indigenous to the historical village of Santomeri is the rare white grape Santameriana, as well as the famous (for its sweet wines) red grape Mavrodafni (literally “black laurel”), revived through impressive dry vinifications. Panagiotis is the only grower cultivating the Santameriana grape, and one of very few making dry monovarietal Mavrodafni.

Region

Patra is the third largest city of Greece, and is famous for its carnival celebration.