Nerantzi Assyrtiko 2024

Nerantzi Assyrtiko 2024Press 4 White June 2025 Direct Press Selection Nerantzi Mitropoulos comes to winemaking as a descendant of generations of farmers, first and foremost. He is firmly in the 'locavore' camp, propagating old local varieties, using native yeasts, and using local Balkan oak for their barrels. All this is in the name of fully expressing what is unique about this area of northern Greece, in the foothills of Mount Menoikio. What is especially unique is the

The vineyards

Some claim it was a favorite of King Agamemnon and there are even a few legends that include Hercules drinking wine made from Agiorgitiko before slaying the lion of Nemea in same region this wine is now made

He was always working organically but he went fully natural in the cellar and stopped using sulfur in 2017 after inspired visits to winemakers Ewald Tscheppe of Werlitsch

they can look down

is sensational already

and enough rusticity and earthy intrigue for the rest of us

cured or raw fish

and pine resin are braced by light

Part of the inaugural Commonwealth Crush incubator class

with some cran-apple and herbaceous notes

regenerative farming practices

The 2009 is the current release