Corinthia Assyrtiko Amber 2020

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Spends 4 days on the skins followed by 12 days of indigenous fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Structured and round on the palate with tannins present.

 

Featured in the March 2021 Wine Club!

Lightly golden in color with aromas of citrus and cream

ABV:

  • 13.6%

Vintage:

  • 2020

Type:

  • Orange

More On Corinthia Assyrtiko Amber 2020

Pairings

Oysters, Shellfish, Feta Salad

Varietal

Assyrtiko

Funky Scale

Mostly Classic

Region

Nemea, Greece

halkia vineyard

The Producer

About Halkia

Anna Halkia is a small organic female grower and winemaker in Nemea, the largest winemaking region of Greece and home to the Agiorgitiko grape (which is the most planted red Greek grape). Anna grew up in Australia with her immigrant parents, and moved back to Nemea as an adult, to start her family with her husband. Her consciousness and care for her family had led her to organic viticulture, which, she felt, would shine more if she turned into her own wine, instead of selling her organic grapes as raw material and mixed with inferior quality grapes. In the early 2000s, she decided to create a basic winemaking facility in the back of her house, where the family’s vineyards are located. The lack of investment forced her to rely on basic technology and natural winemaking. There was no surplus of funds to buy lab yeasts and enzymes, which a consulting oenologist had advised her to do, so necessity turned her to wild fermentation and lo-fi winemaking. Her wines, naturally, earned a following, due to their raw expression of the organic fruit. Anna also applied and received her organic certification, to prove part of the work that goes into the vineyard. Today Anna is still selling locally the small-batch wines she makes from Agiorgitiko, Assyrtiko, and Roditis grapes, following the same methods she was forced to adopt, and which helped them stand out from the norm. - Eklektikon