Malagousia

Dry, this white combines eighty percent Malagousia with twenty percent Xinomavro vinified as blanc de noir. Indigenous yeasts carry the fermentation, with no oenological substances or added sulphites. The wine is bottled without filtration at twelve percent alcohol. It comes from the Kioutsoukis family near Thessaloniki. Stalisma refers to a flock resting in a shaded, cool place during summer.

Lemon-green in colour, with orange blossom, jasmine, white peach, pear and quince. Crispness meets a rich mouthfeel and a long finish. Malagousia comes from Block 11 at Samaropetra, on a ten-percent northwest-facing slope at 720 metres. The grapes are hand harvested, selected, given skin contact and fermented in stainless steel, with gentle lees stirring during the final six months.