Description
Grape: Assyrtiko
Idisma Drios Assyrtiko is vinified in French oak barrels and impresses. Exuberant, with concentration and volume but at the same time with the characteristic lemony vitality of Assyrtiko, it is a wine that offers everything in the right doses.
The grapes come from vineyards in Mikrochori and Kali Vrisi, areas with cold winters and refreshing north winds during the summer.
Winemaking
Cold soaking of the skins prior to fermentation to transfer aroma components from the grapes to the must. Fermentation starts in stainless steel tanks and on the seventh day the wine with its fine lees is transferred to 225 liter French oak barrels. The fermentation is completed into the barrels while manual bâtonnage (stirring of the fine lees) is applied for about 6 months; a method that gives volume, density and creaminess to the wine.