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Roditis Amphora

Sant'Or / Santor - Roditis Amphora - Demeter Biodynamic - Organic certified - Orange amphora aged Greek wine - Achaia - Natural Wine - Eklektikon

Roditis Amphora is a skin contact vinification of the pink-skin Roditis grape, and fermented / aged in 200-year-old local reclaimed amphorae, from biodynamic, dry vineyards.

  • Grower: Sant’Or Wines
  • Vintage: 2023
  • Type: Deep Orange Dry Wine
  • Grapes: Roditis 100%
  • Appellation: PGI Achaia
  • Alcohol: 11.50%
  • Bottle: 750ml
  • Viticulture: Demeter Certified Biodynamic, Certified Organic
  • Vinification: Spontaneously fermented in clay amphora for 22 days, no pressing, and 6-month aging in an outdoor buried amphora.
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Key Info

Viticulture

  • Certified Biodynamic & Certified Organic
  • Climate: Mediterranean climate with dry summers
  • Soil: Clay loam, schistose rocks
  • Vine age: Planted in 1992
  • Altitude: 400m
  • Slope: 20%
  • Planting density: 2,500 plants / ha
  • Yield: 1.60 kg / plant
  • Irrigation: None
  • Spraying: Copper (three times), sulfur (twice) and 501 (three times)
  • Harvesting: Manually in plastic crates and immediate transfer to the winery

Vinification

  • Maceration: 2-day skin contact
  • Pressing: None
  • Temperature Control: None
  • Fermentation: 22 days in clay amphora with wild yeast
  • Malolactic: Spontaneous
  • Maturation: 6 months in large clay amphorae
  • Clarification: Natural
  • Filtration: None
  • Production: 1,500 lt
  • Alcohol: 11.50%
  • Acidity: 5.50 gr/l
  • RS: 1.40 gr/l
  • Total sulfites: 33.00 mg/l
  • Certification: Biodynamic wine (Demeter), 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.