Tetramythos Roditis Orange 2024

Tetramythos Winery farms in the northern Peloponnese, high ground that the ancient geographer Pausanias singled out as ideal for vines. This orange wine is made from Roditis, a pink skinned Greek variety, grown organically and vinified as a natural wine. Altitude is the key to the site: cool nights at elevation hold acidity and slow ripening, so the fruit keeps its freshness through the season. The wine is made with skin contact, the juice macerating on the grape skins to extract colour, phenolics and the light tannic structure that sets orange wine apart from a standard white. It then spends six months in wood, a short ageing that softens the texture and adds a faint nutty, savoury layer without burying the fruit. The colour is pale amber. The nose shows apricot, orange peel and chamomile, with a touch of honey. The palate is dry and gently grippy, carrying citrus peel and dried herbs to an almond tinged finish with good acidity. Serve at 12 to 14 degrees in a white wine glass. It suits roast chicken and grilled white fish.