The most mature yet translucent Vinsanto of Estate Argyros. A strict selection of excessively old Assyrtiko, Aidani and Athiri vineyards in Episkopi, two hundred year old minimum, specifically earmarked for this style. Harvested at very deep ripeness, almost a month after the main picking date, giving insanely low yields. The grapes are sun dried for fourteen days, natural fermentation and three years of ageing takes place in old concrete vats, with additional aging for sixteen years in old wooden vats. An intense, profound wine of breathtaking complexity. Ready to drink on release but time is unable to destroy this. Final yield of this would be close to 60 ml per square metre of vineyard.
Vineyard selection: Episkopi
Vine age: Over 200 years old, ungrafted.
Vintage description: Vintage conditions are largely irrelevant to the production of Estate Argyros Vinsanto.
Harvest: 1st decade of September
Yield: 6 hl/ha
Drying: Grapes are sun dried for 14 days.
Fermentation: Uninoculated fermentation in old cement vats at 25o C for more than 8 months, stopping naturally.
Maturation: Three years in old cement vats, followed by sixteen years in exhausted French oak, in a mix of barriques, 300 lt & 500 lt, and Russian oak, in 50+ years old 1250 lt & 1350 lt barrels.
