Sant'Or Agiorgitiko 2019

Sant'Or Agiorgitiko 2019Press 4 Mix Press 4 Red April 2023 Direct Press Selection Sant'or is Panagiotis Dimitropoulos' small family estate in the highlands of the Peloponnese, about 20 miles southwest of the city of Patras. The property is in the small village of Santomeri (population 164), nestled on the northern end of Mount Skolli, a north south mountain surrounded by an amphitheater like network of hills. Panagiotis farms a little over 10 acres in this pretty unique

Crete is the ancestral homeland of the Minoans

Orchard fruits take centerstage to a backdrop of Atlantic minerals and pleasant creaminess

272 square kilometers

We featured this same vintage in the April 2023 Direct Press

” and it really shows here

There is a very short skin maceration and the wine undergoes a secondary fermentation kicked off with the same vintage's grape must to give it some mild bubbles

and sulfur is used sparingly and only at the end of malolactic fermentations

4 Monos (4 Monkeys) is a team of four friends and Gredos natives

Few winemakers have had as much influence on the discussion around North American hybrids as Deidre Heekin of La Garagista in Vermont

and pumice that they are planted in

Raised and aged for 9 months in the same vessels

they sold entire barrels to restaurants or private customers