Tetramythos Retsina
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Tetramythos is a certified organic winery in the P.D.O. (Protected Designation of Origin - i.e., Greek wine appellation) of Pátra, in the northern Peloponnese. It was created in 1999 by local brothers Aristides and Eustatius Stathios Spanos and the evocatively-named winemaker Panagiotis Papagiannopoulos. From Tetramythos's importer, WineWise:
"[Tetramythos's Retsina] is made from the estate’s organic Roditis grapes (rather than the Savatiano almost universally employed elsewhere), to which is added before fermentation a moderate quantity of resin drawn from pine trees growing on the property. 40% is fermented on wild yeasts in amphorae, the balance in stainless steel. Extended lees aging is the final touch before bottling. The result is an understated, elegantly dry wine that is a cinch with Mediterranean seafood dishes and will banish forever dubious memories of Greek beach holidays."
"[Tetramythos's Retsina] is made from the estate’s organic Roditis grapes (rather than the Savatiano almost universally employed elsewhere), to which is added before fermentation a moderate quantity of resin drawn from pine trees growing on the property. 40% is fermented on wild yeasts in amphorae, the balance in stainless steel. Extended lees aging is the final touch before bottling. The result is an understated, elegantly dry wine that is a cinch with Mediterranean seafood dishes and will banish forever dubious memories of Greek beach holidays."
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