Palies Rizes

Beautiful spring but difficult summer with a lot of rains during July and really hot August. Due to precautious canopy management, damage on the crop was minimal. Maturity was completed lately and successfully on the 28th of September.

Palies Rizes 2020

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Tasting Notes

Bright rubin colour. The nose shows plum, cherry and lacted notes. We can also guess cold smoke, with a hint of graphite. Elegant and finely structured, round and velvet, the complexity of this wine comes with time to offer a very savoury finish.

Soil

sandy, clay, limestone soil with pebbles

Age of vines

Ungrafted vines more than 100 years old
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Blend

100% Agiorgitiko

Yield

15 hl/ha

Wine-making

  • Hand made crop
  • Vinification and malolactic fermentation 80% in inox tank, 20% in barrels
  • Wild yeasts
  • No finning

Ageing

Ageing in Austrian oak barrels of 400l for 15 months