Organic white wine Malagouzia Barrique-Wine Therapy-750ml
Organic white wine Malagouzia Barrique-Wine Therapy-750ml Organic white wine Malagouzia Barrique-Wine Therapy-750ml Organic white wine Malagouzia Barrique-Wine Therapy-750ml

Organic white wine Malagouzia Barrique-Wine Therapy-750ml

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Organic white wine Malagouzia Barrique

VINTAGE

A Malagouzia wine like no other! And you have to try it!

With an absolute emphasis on the high quality of the grapes, the low yield per hectare, the gentle natural vinification, and the zero interventions in the wine, MALAGOUSIA Barrique, in every delicious sip has been transformed into a world-class wine!

Category: Organic white wine / P.G.I. THESSALONIKI

Taste profile: dry/aromatic

Vineyard/Location: Nea Raidestos. Owned, Linear, and Grown organically without irrigation with sandy loam soils and good drainage.

Variety composition: 100% Malagouzia

Winemaking: Fermentative cryoextraction. Controlled alcoholic fermentation and then, 90% of the wine matures in American oak barrels for 1.5 month. The other 10% is matured with fine lees, giving volume, structure, and complexity to the whole wine and with great aging potential.

Characteristics: Alcohol 13.8% vol – Sugars: 2.1 gr/lit – Total acidity: 5.7gr/lit in tartaric acid – pH: 3.32.

Winemaker's Note

Medium pale lemon color with greenish highlights, herbal character, and intense aromas of lemon, peach, grapefruit, pineapple, white flowers, yeast, and mint.

In the mouth, it has a moderate (+) body, balanced (+) acidity, with a subtle oily feeling but at the same time refreshing. Juicy white-fleshed fruits mingle with citrus. Notes of lemon blossoms, and white rose, but also notes of mint, green tea, brioche, tobacco, and hazelnut, but without losing its apricot, tropical essence, which fill the mouth with every sip. The refreshing fruity aftertaste is long-lasting.

Serving recommendations: Serving temperature 8°-10° C in a tulip-shaped glass for white aromatic wines.

Food pairing

You must combine this Malagouzia with:

  • Salads
  • Pies such as leek pie or spinach cheese pie
  • Chicken with light sauces
  • Spaghetti with shrimps, lemon, and fennel
  • Fish carpaccio
  • Sushi with eel and tuna

Fits perfectly with

  • Scallops with butter sauce and mashed cauliflower
  • Peskandritsa with prosciutto and lemon
  • Smoked pork steak with honey and orange
  • Barley with shrimps, fennel, and Naxos cheese
  • Penne with smoked salmon and sour cream

Aging recommendations: It is recommended the bottles be stored in a shady place, in a sideways position, and at a temperature of 14°C – 16°C.

Contains sulphites.




Caractéristiques principales

Brand:
Wine Therapy

Caractéristiques

Emballage:
Bouteille en verre
Couleur:
Vin blanc

Dimensions

Poids brut:
1495gr
Poids net:
750ml

Our Story

Thomas Kontopos, oenologist & winemaking consultant, after 30 years of involvement in the world of wine created with his wife Katerina Didaskalou, biologist-brewer, a Winery - Wine Cellar, in Nea Raidesto, Thessaloniki.

  • 1981-1987

Thomas's First Steps

Thomas is leaving Evangelos Tsantalis S.A. and starting consulting as a production oenologist initially at the Protopapa Estate, in Kariani Kavala, and then at the Michalaki Estate, in Heraklion, Crete.

  • 1989

Katerina's First Steps

Biologist Katerina specializes in her knowledge on wine at I. Boutaris & Sons Winery SA, at its central winery in Stenimacho, Naoussa.

  • 1993

The evolution

Thomas takes over as head of the winery & head of winemaking at Evangelos Tsantalis S.A., while Katerina jumps over and takes over until now the head of the Mythos brewery, which then belonged to the BOUTARI group and today to Olympic Brewery S.A.

  • 2004-2006

New Professional Ventures

Thomas is leaving Evangelos Tsantalis S.A. and starts consulting as a production oenologist initially at the Protopapa Estate, in Kariani Kavala and then at the Michalaki Estate, in Heraklion, Crete. At the same time, he is also involved in education, transferring his experience and his love for wine, to the students of public and private I.E.K., until 2020.

  • 2007-2013

New start

He takes over from the "foundations" as the responsible oenologist of production at the Estate of Klaudia Papagiannis, in Arnea Halkidiki.

  • 2011

Wine Therapy Foundation

Wine Therapy is created and at the same time, the first experimental vineyard with Greek varieties is planted.

  • 2012

Wine Therapy/ Vineyards

The main vineyard of Wine Therapy is planted with MALAGOUZIA and our collaboration with the Limited Liability Social Cooperative - Mental Health Sector of Eastern Thessaloniki & Halkidiki, IRIS, begins, in the production of wines from the organic vineyard of the cooperative, in Portaria, Halkidiki.

  • 2015

The new generation

The year in which the new generation of the Kontopos family begins its involvement with Wine Therapy.

Vassiliki-Irini, Production & Management Engineer, a graduate of WSET Level 2, and Ioanna the Oenologist. With an absolute emphasis on high quality, this collaboration marries experience with a fresh pioneering eye and creates wines of limited production, labeled Wine Therapy.

  • 2013-2021

Consulting

Consulting continues 

- MESIMBRIA WINERY, in Nea Mesimvria, Thessaloniki. 

- AGROVISION ESTATE, in Ierissos, Halkidiki. 

- KONSTANTARA WINES, in Portaria, Halkidiki. 

- GIUAANI L.t.d, Georgian winery, Kaxeti district, Manavi village, in the production of Orange or Amber Wines. That is the vinification of white grapes in the presence of stems in clay jars-amphorae which in Georgia are called qvevri.

A bottle of wine, two good friends

With a glass of wine to banish the routine of everyday life

In the difficult days we are going through, we owe ourselves and our loved ones small rewards. Wine always gives a reason.

A bottle of wine, two good friends, and the wine journey will begin with a smile, one of those that the first clink of glasses brings with it.