Pappou! (À La Parcelle), 2017

By Domaine de Kalathas

Appellation: Vin de Pays
Region: Cyclades
Country: Greece

Colour: White
Grape Varieties: Mavro Potamisi, Rozaki, Aspro Potamisi

Soil type: Granite, Sand
Vessel type: Stainless Steel

Unfined.
Unfiltered.
No added sulphites.

Notes on additives, aids & processing used:

No temperature control.
Organic/Biodynamic/Equivalent
Total Sulphites: 0 mg/L
This wine is fermented spontaneously.
Other Information:Hand-harvested grapes from 50 to 150 year-old franc-de-pied vines of Mavro-Potamisi 50%, Rozaki 30%, Mavro Potamisi 20%. Feet-trod, gentle slow vertical press, co-fermentation of three indigenous grapes, a tribute to the traditional family wine usually done by the grandfather (Pappou) out of the family vineyard. No added sulfites.

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Since 2011, winemaker-apprentice Jerome Charles Binda is building an experimental vineyard in the granitic Kalathas mountains on the Greek island of Tinos, which includes both endemic and cycladic varieties, on a sandy windblown microterroir exempt from phylloxera. The domain also owns and works with centenary endemic franc-de-pied vines, and is currently running the Kaloriziko Project (Greek expression to wish a “good rooting”) to help save and maintain the heritage own-rooted Tinos vines, promoting and supporting local development and employment for the young generation through traditional winemaking. Certified organic, biodynamic-oriented, the domain is commited to use no chemicals or synthetic inputs in the vineyard and in the cellar, and since 2016 vinifies and bottles all the cuvées with zero-added sulphur.