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Sun rosé Limniona

Sun rosé Limniona - Kontozisis Organic Vineyards - Karditsa, Thessaly, Greece - natural rosé wine - Limniona - Eklektikon

The youthfully energetic, fruit driven and elegant Limniona variety, the flagship grape of the region of Thessaly, in a lighter natural rosé version.

  • Grower: Kontozisis Organic Vineyards
  • Vintage: 2021
  • Type: Rosé Dry Wine
  • Grapes: Limniona 100%
  • Appellation: PGI Karditsa
  • Alcohol: 13%
  • Bottle: 750ml
  • Viticulture: Certified Organic
  • Vinification: Wild fermentation in concrete tank with no press and mild temperature control, bottled with minimum sulfites.
  • Tasting Notes: Fresh bramble fruits, refreshing acidity, playful texture.
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Key Info

Viticulture

  • Certified organic
  • Climate: Vineyards on flat topography, with humid microclimate.
  • Soil: Moderately 
deep sandy-loamy soils with low organic matter and neutral pH. 
Average water reserves, suitable for dry land farming.
  • Vine age: Planted in 2000
  • Altitude: 200-250m
  • Slope: Semi-flat
  • Planting density: 4,000 plants / ha
  • Yield: 1-1.5kg / plant
  • Irrigation: Drip
  • Spraying: Minimal copper, sulfur dusting
  • Harvesting: Manually

Vinification

  • Maceration: In concrete tank with skins and stems without destemming for 6 hours
  • Pressing: None
  • Temperature Control: None
  • Fermentation: 15 days in concrete tanks with indigenous yeast
  • Malolactic: None
  • Maturation: In concrete tank on its own lees with regular stirring for 6 months
  • Clarification: None
  • Filtration: None
  • Production: 2500 lt
  • Alcohol: 13%
  • Acidity: 5.10 gr/l
  • RS: 2.00 gr/l
  • Total sulfites: 35 mg/l
  • Certification: Organic grapes
  • Bottle: 750ml

Winery

Kontozisis has been practicing certified organic agriculture and organic vinification since 1991, one of the first to get such a certification in Greece. His long term commitment to organic practices shows his honest approach to sustainability. Andreas Kontozisis and his partner Aphrodite Tousia are working passionately with the area’s indigenous red grape, Limniona, among others, for which they have developed proprietary vineyard techniques to get as much concentration as possible from the variety’s large grapes. All grapes are hand harvested and pruned from the low-yield (28 hectoliters / ha) estate-owned vineyards of 11 ha. Kontozisis uses no press (only free run wines) and no commercial yeasts.

Region

Karditsa is a rural town in Thessaly, in the center of Greece. It is the bicycle capital of Greece, with many bicycle roads and many residents using them as their main transportation mean.

Its terroir is largely defined by the nearby Agrafa mountains, and the artificial Plastira lake. It is also in close proximity to the impressive Meteora rocks, which host the second most important cluster of monasteries in Greece.