Karapapas Palaiochori Single Vineyard,  Ktima Apostolidi, Kavala, Macedonia, Greece

Bottle notes

Ktima Apostolidi’s story begins in 1958 when Efthymios Apostolidis planted the first vineyard in Dialekto Kavala, on the foothills of the Macedonian mountain basin, on the border with the river Nestos and Thrace. Lots of development was achieved over the years, and a new page was turned in 2007, when a visitable state-of-the-art winery with a 10-hectare area was established. In recent years the third generation of the winery, Vasiliki and Efthymios, took over the reins to the business. The winery started with new strict and qualitative goals with innovative methods in the vineyard and in the cellar. Today the 16 hectares of the family’s vineyards are cultivated in a biodynamic way, gaining

Demeter Certification

For the team, wine is a sum of different components that need to be researched, discovered and linked together. Connected to nature, nature challenges them to adapt to it, to take risks to constantly improve quality. They aim at determination to try with persistence to discover nature and themselves. Their ethos and belief is that if they want to bring out the liveliness, freshness and precision in our wines in the future, they need to understand the natural conditions and to tie the different ingredients with the greatest respect to the environment.

Ktima Apostolidi managed to put back this grape variety on the Greek wine map following long years revival efforts from a few vines that were left to the family by their grandfather Efthimios Apostolidis.

VINEYARD

The Palaiochori 2.5 ha single vineyard was planted in 2007 at an altitude of 150 meters above sea level. The rich terra rossa (red soil) is ideal for the grape varieties there highlighting the special mictroclimate and terroir. 

WINEMAKING:

Hand-picking of the grapes in mid-October, followed by meticulous selection at the winery, desteming, crushing and pressing. Settling of the juice followed by spontaneous wild alcoholic fermentation, 50% of which with whole bunch semi-carbonic maceration for 35 days. Ageing for 6 months in 90% old and 10% second used 500l French oak barrels. 

COLOUR: Bright ruby

NOSE: Intense nose with sour cherry, wild rose and undergrowth notes

PALATE: Lively and zippy medium bodied red with further red fruit notes of raspberries and cherries and savoury notes of cloves, spice and licorice supported by very good acidity keeping the wine fresh and nicely textured alongside its pronounced earthiness and complexity.

Food Match

BBQ dishes, chicken, lamb, grilled salmon, pasta with tomato sauce.

Detail

Country: Greece

Region: Dialekto, Kavala

Grape: 100% Karapapas

Alcohol: 12.5% VOL

Classification: Organic, Biodynamic

TA: 6.1 g/l,

Residual Sugars: 3.4 g/l,

Total sulphites: 34 mg/l

Volume: 75cl