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Lost Skin Contact

Lost skin contact - Orange dry wine - Roditis - Denthis - Eklektikon

Lost Skin Contact is a low-intervention expression of Roditis, where skin contact redefines the variety through texture, structure, and depth. Crafted from sustainably grown grapes, it explores the balance between freshness and phenolic complexity, offering an authentic interpretation of place and minimal intervention.

  • Grower: Denthis
  • Vintage: 2025
  • Type: Orange Dry Wine
  • Grapes: Roditis 100%
  • Appellation: Varietal
  • Alcohol: 12.00%
  • Bottle: 750ml
  • Viticulture: Low intervention
  • Vinification: 3-day cold extraction and 7-day skin contact
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Key Info

Viticulture

  • Dry, Low Intervention
  • Climate: Mountainous, Mediterranean
  • Soil: Sandy clay loam
  • Vine age: Planted in 2005
  • Altitude: 950m
  • Slope: 10%
  • Planting density: 3,500 plants / ha
  • Yield: 14 tons / ha
  • Irrigation: Twice during summer
  • Spraying: Twice with sulfur and copper
  • Harvesting: Manually in plastic crates

Vinification

  • Maceration: 3-day cold extraction and 7-day skin contact
  • Pressing: At the end of maceration, up to 1 bar
  • Temperature Control: 10℃ during cold extraction, 15℃ during maceration, 18℃ at the end of fermentation
  • Fermentation: In stainless steel tank
  • Malolactic: None
  • Maturation: 4 months in stainless steel tank on its own fine lees
  • Clarification: None
  • Filtration: None
  • Production: 10,000 lt
  • Alcohol: 12.00%
  • Acidity: 5.50 gr/l
  • RS: 1.00 gr/l
  • Total sulfites: 95.0 mg/l
  • Certification: –
  • Bottle: 750ml

Winery

Denthis is the oldest appellation in the world. It is the project name for Eklektikon’s affordable yet honest line of wines, made by small family wineries of Greece.