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Georgas Naturally Sweet Savatiano - Orange Biodynamic Aged Wine - Georgas Family, Spata, Attica, Greece

A unique no-sulfites and aged for 5 years dessert wine, from biodynamically grown grapes of the indigenous Savatiano variety.

  • Grower: Georgas Family
  • Vintage: 2020
  • Type: Orange Dessert Wine
  • Grapes: Savatiano 100%
  • Appellation: PGI Attica
  • Alcohol: 13.00%
  • Bottle: 500ml
  • Viticulture: Certified Biodynamic / Certified Organic
  • Vinification: Spontaneously fermented in stainless steel tank with 3-day skin contact, aged for 5 years in old unrinsed French oak, with no addition of sulfites.
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Viticulture

  • Certified Biodynamic / Certified Organic
  • Climate: Mediterranean, dry
  • Soil: White marls on limestone
  • Vine age: Planted in 1960
  • Altitude: 120m
  • Slope: 3%
  • Planting density: 3,200 plants / ha
  • Yield: 1 kg / plant
  • Irrigation: None
  • Spraying: Biodynamic preparations and sulfur dusting
  • Harvesting: Manually in plastic crates

Vinification

  • Maceration: 3 days of skin contact
  • Pressing: Pneumatic press for 3 hrs
  • Temperature Control: During fermentation
  • Fermentation: Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tank for 3 months
  • Malolactic: Naturally completed
  • Maturation: 1 year in stainless steel tank and 3-5 years in unrinsed French oak
  • Clarification: None
  • Filtration: None
  • Production: 250 lt
  • Alcohol: 13.00%
  • Acidity: 4.50 gr/l
  • RS: 98.00 gr/l
  • Total sulfites: 9.00 mg/l
  • Certification: Organic Wine, No Sulfites, Vegan
  • Bottle: 500ml

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.

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.