Geraklis Voreas Assyrtiko

Geraklis Voreas Line

Geraklis Voreas line consists of wines created from selected vineyards of our Gerakli estate, of an exclusively northern orientation. The line bears as its trademark a stylized version of Voreas, the North Wind God. It derives its name from the location Gerakli, Fthiotida, where the vineyards of Evampelos Ghi winery are located, and “Voreas”, the northern wind, which was worshipped as God in ancient Greece.

Geraklis Voreas series, thanks to the beneficial for the vineyard mezzo-climate created by the Northern wind, confirms the Evampelos Ghi΄s winery special terroir and its 20-year presence and experience in the wine making process.

The cold winds that descend from Mt. Othrys (the mountain of the Titans), along with the northern winds that invade from Thessaly, contribute to the creation of a unique, varietal Assyrtiko and a special Grenache Rouge which combine power with finesse.

Geraklis Voreas Rose| Dry Rose Wine, PGI – Fthiotida | Limited bottle production

Light rose colour. Aromatically complex with intense floral and fruity characters. The refined and sweet aromas of flowers (orange and honeysuckle) are combined with notes of small red fruits (cherry, strawberry) and botanical hints (anise). Rich, fatty but also “crunchy” in the mouth. With soft tannins and acidity that give “liveliness” to the taste and duration to its aftertaste.

Combined with: shellfish, salmon, red sauces, pizza.

VARIETY: 100% Grenache Rouge SOIL: Sandy clay ALTITUDE: 400 meters
ORIENTATION: NW YIELD PER HECTARE: 25-33hl/ha  
WINE GROWING REGION

Gerakli, Domokos, Fthiotida, Central Greece

VINEYARD

Privately owned vineyard on Gerakli slopes: 0.6 hectares Grenache Rouge at an altitude of 400 meters, with an 8% slope and a north-western orientation. Planting year 1997 and 2009.

SOIL FORMATION

Sandy clay, medium deep soil with a presence of gravel.
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

Winter and spring with heavy rainfall. Hot and dry summer days with cool summer evenings (temperature difference up to 15°C).

YIELD PER HECTARE

25-33hl/ha

VINIFICATION PROCESS:

Potential grape hand picking, destemming, pre-fermentation extraction at 10-12°C (for approximately 24 hours), must extraction. This is followed by alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks under controlled conditions (17-19°C).

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