£29.50
per bottle (750 ml)
DESCRIPTION
It has a bright golden colour and good clarity. The nose is dominated by ripe fruit like kumquat and lychee combined with wonderful aromas of roasted hazelnut, honey and butter. It is round on the palate with gentle acidity, balanced with a long aftertaste.
AT A GLANCE
White
2016
13 ABV
Asprouda of Serres
Northern Greece
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Grape
Asprouda of Serres
Asprouda of Serres is a unique variety, registered in Greece’s official grape map by the Nerantzi winery, located in Serres, Macedonia and not related with any other Asprouda grape, something that its generic name (Asprouda) – meaning whitish – may imply. Though this name has been given to several distinct white varieties all over Greece, of often very different appearance and flavour characteristics, this is one of only three officially recognised Asprouda grapes, the other two being the Patra and Santorini ones. Large, thick-skinned berries on thick stems, late budding and late ripening.
Producer
Nerantzi
Evanthia Mitropoulou, a capable young winemaker has been working methodically in the last 15 years to establish the more than a 13-hectare large family-owned vineyard and to revive the two local varieties of Serres, Asprouda of Serres and Koniaros. Thanks to her and her father, Nerantzi, the varieties are now part of the national grape archive. Only a stone’s throw away from the recently discovered ancient town of Amphipolis, landmark city of the Macedonian kingdom of Alexander the Great, which flourished in the 4th century BC, the vineyard is cultivated following the principles of organic viticulture and the wines are produced with minimal intervention and under organic certification.
DELIVERY
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