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Georgas Old Barrel

Georgas Old Barrel is a single barrel 5-year aged orange wine, from biodynamic Savatiano grape, showing the aging potential and polydynamic character of the grape, through a “textbook” wine in terms of complexity.

  • Grower: Georgas Family
  • Vintage: 2010
  • Grapes: Savatiano 100%
  • Appellation: PGI Attica
  • Alcohol: 12%
  • Bottle: 750ml
  • Viticulture: Dry, Biodynamic (certified organic)
  • Vinification: Spontaneously fermented in stainless steel with 6 days of skin contact, aged for 5 years in old 225lt French oak, with no intervention and no addition of sulfites.
  • Notes: Dark copper color, complex roasted nuts, honey and dried fruits, complex dry palate.
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Key Info

Viticulture

  • Biodynamic (organic certified)
  • Climate: Dry, arid, Mediterranean, with mild Winters, hot Summers, and sea breeze
  • Soil: Clay, loam, calcium
  • Vine age: Planted in 1960
  • Altitude: 120m
  • Slope: Plains with subtle slope
  • Planting density: 2,500-3,200 plants / ha
  • Yield: 1-2kg / plant
  • Irrigation: None
  • Spraying: Biodynamic preparation and sulfur dusting (1-2 times a year)
  • Harvesting: Manually

Vinification

  • Maceration: Stainless steel (6 days of skin contact)
  • Fermentation: Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeast
  • Malolactic: Naturally completed
  • Maturation: 5 years in single 10-year-old French oak barrel
  • Clarification: None
  • Filtration: None
  • Production: 500 lt
  • Alcohol: 12%
  • Acidity: 4.05 gr/l
  • RS: 1.90 gr/l
  • Total sulfites: 9.2 mg/l
  • Certification: Organic Wine, No Sulfites, Vegan
  • Bottle: 750ml

Winery

The Georgas Family is located in the historical area of Spata, the center of retsina and the unexplored Savatiano white grape, where they can trace their agriculture roots 380 years back. They cultivate their 4.5 ha of estate owned dryvineyards biodynamically, with very low yields (21 hectoliters / ha). Vinification is natural, through spontaneous fermentation, no intervention, no sulphur (for most wines), and up to a week of skin contact, which gives their wines a characteristic bronze color.

Region

Spata is a suburb outside of Athens, the capital of Greece. Spata is known for its long tradition around wine growing and the retsina wine. It is also known for its close proximity to the largest airport of Greece, Eleftherios Venizelos.

Athens, is the capital and largest city of Greece. It is also one of the oldest cities in the world, with an immense historical and cultural importance. It is considered the cradle of western civilization, giving birth to ideas and sciences, such as democracy, philosophy, and theater. One can admire many monuments of the ancient and more recent glory of Athens, such as the Parthenon, the Syntagma square, the National Museum of Archaeology, the ancient area of Plaka, and more.