41 undersea
White Dry Free-run Experimental table Wine; Vintage 2017. Limited number of bottles.
A limited number of bottles of the '41' wine are aged submerged in the sea, in a depth of 22 m. The wine aged in the sea in laboratory conditions (constant temperature, perfect absence of oxygen, salinity, pressure of 1.500 kg per cm2, darkness),was incorporated perfectly in the underwater environment and in a "metaphysical" way brings the sea breeze and iodine in the glass! The color remained like not a day passed.
All the white varieties of the Greek Vineyard together in a bottle of wine. Experimental vinification of 41indigenous and autochthonous white varieties: asyrtico, athiri, vidiano, savatiano, malagousia, petroulanos, zakynthino, vilana, malvasia, lagorthi, vostilidi, robola, muscat, tsaousi, mushatel etc.
Cold extraction before fermentation for 8-10 hours at a controlled low temperature, separation of free run and press run musts, fermentation at a controlled temperature, maintenance of wine with the wine lees for about a month with periodical stirring, filtering and bottling.
12,5% vol.
crystal color, complex and elegant aromas with notes of citrus, robust body with very interesting acidity and excellent aftertaste.
Jancisrobinson.com 2022: “41” 2017 aged under sea: 16,5/20