Clear Skies Fear No Bolts 2021

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A no-intervention orange-dry Greek blend with crisp and refreshing stone fruit and berry aromas, floral and citrus notes, hints of spice and minerality.

 

Cherry, plums, lemon peel, rose, and spice.

ABV:

  • 13%

Vintage:

  • 2021

Type:

  • Orange

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Pairings

Lamb Chops, Spiced Roast Mackerel, Greek Lemon Chicken & Potatoes

Varietal

Malagousia, Xinomavro, Assyrtiko

Funky Scale

Mostly Classic

Region

Thessaly, Greece

The Producer

About Kontozisis Organic Vineyards

Kontozisis Organic Vineyards is an organic grower in Karditsa, a rural town in the region of Thessaly. Karditsa is known as the bicycle capital of Greece, and the homeland of the impressive Limniona red grape. The winery and vineyards are on the foothills of mount Agrafa, in two distinctive terroirs between Kanalia and Dafnospilia. 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. Having worked only with the local market of Karditsa, organic practices were something that was not appreciated, but Kontozisis insisted on farming without chemicals, and making honest, natural wines. The few loyal fans of Kontozisis wines in Karditsa were enough to keep going throughout the years, and eventually making them available to a market that fully embraced the authenticity in those wines; the big urban centers of the United States. 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.