2020 Karamolegos - Assyrtiko Santorini Estate

In 2016, Pépière's classic, earliest-release bottling saw an addition to the label, the "La Pépie" moniker, because of the necessity of adding non-estate fruit to the production (Pépière had 85% of their own crop devastated in 2016 due to mildew). It marks the first time the estate has purchased fruit.

It comes from neighboring parcels that match their terroirs and work philosophy. The wine is a combination of said purchased fruit and estate fruit, 50% of which comes from vineyards that could technically produce cru bottlings.

-Importer notes (Dressner)

Clos des Briords is located on the hillsides of the river Maine, a tributary of the Loire. The site totals 4.40 hectares and the vines were planted between 1950 and 1989, with the vast majority between 50 and 70 years old. These are the oldest vines of the estate and planted on soils of "granite de Thébaud"

While Pazo de Señorans includes 18.5 hectares of vines surrounding its cellar, the Mareque family has also established long-term contracts with local growers of Albariño in the neighboring villages and hamlets to make this wine. Entirely grown on pergolas and harvested by hand, this Albariño is fermented by parcel or group of adjacent parcels in stainless-steel tanks then aged for at least 5 months on the lees before final blending.