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ROSÉ DE XINOMAVRO
Vintage
Vintage
Type
ROSÉ dry wine
Category
P.G.I. MACEDONIA
Alcohol
12.5%
Variety
100% Xinomavro
Vineyards
Several parcels of non-irrigated, young vines around the village of Fytia.
Altitude
450-650 metres
Soil
Schist and granite.
Microclimate
Naoussa region has a warm continental climate, tempered by the cooling winds coming either from Vermio mountain or from the sea. Lower temperatures linked to high altitude, and big diurnal range during ripening season offer freshness and elegance to the wines.
Harvest
10 October
Vinification
Grapes are hand-picked, destemmed, macerated for 12 hours, fermentated with wild yeasts in stainless-steel tanks for 5 to 6 months.
Maturation
4 months in 500-litre, second-use oak barrels.