Tetramythos Roditis Nature 2024

Tetramythos Roditis Nature 2024

Tetramythos
$21.00

Grape: Roditis
Vintage: 2024
Type: White

This low-intervention white wine comes from the Nature range, highlighting a pure varietal expression of the roditis grape. The fruit is hand-harvested from fifty-year-old bush vines grown at eight-hundred and fifty meters elevation in Aigialeia. The winemaking features a completely spontaneous native fermentation driven by wild vineyard yeasts inside neutral stainless steel tanks. It matures on its full fermentation lees for six months to build structural depth prior to a low-sulfur bottling.

It pours a pale straw hue with green highlights, releasing clean aromas of green apple, fresh green herbs, and stone. On the palate, the sleek, texturally rich frame is remarkably fresh and energetic, focusing on a nimble and buzzy fruit presentation. Savory underscores of Marcona almond develop nicely as the fluid mouthfeel expands across the tongue. A racy line of mountain acidity runs through the core, maintaining great tension. It finishes completely bone-dry with a noticeably saline finish.

Tetramythos is a pioneering organic winery located in Ano Diakopto, on the northern slopes of the Peloponnese in Greece. Founded in 1999 by brothers Aristides and Stathis Spanos along with winemaker Panagiotis Papagiannopoulos, the estate is renowned for its commitment to minimal intervention and its high-altitude vineyards, which sit between 650 and 1,050 meters above sea level on the slopes of Mount Helmos. The cooling breezes from the Gulf of Corinth and the region's limestone soils allow them to produce wines with exceptional freshness, natural acidity, and a distinctive mineral character. The winery is particularly famous for its work with indigenous Greek varieties, most notably the rare Mavro Kalavrytino, which they helped save from extinction, as well as Roditis, Agiorgitiko, and Malagousia.

In the cellar, Papagiannopoulos employs a natural winemaking philosophy that includes spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts and the use of diverse aging vessels like clay amphorae. Their portfolio is divided into a classic organic range and a Natur line, the latter of which features wines made with zero or minimal added sulfites. One of their most celebrated creations is their Retsina, which is fermented in amphorae with high-quality resin from local pine trees, reinventing a traditional style with modern precision and purity. By focusing on site-specific expressions and traditional methods, Tetramythos has established itself as a leader in the Greek natural wine movement, producing artisanal bottles that reflect the wild, mountainous terroir of Aegialia.