2023 Markogianni Winery Vorias & Helios Roditis PGI Illia Peloponnese, Greece Eric Bordelet Practicing

Practicing

For the final decision

This Chardonnay comes from biodynamically farmed vines on the stony

“A ‘Rina” means sand in local dialect

from three parcels in Côte Brune (Fourvier

2023 Markogianni Winery Vorias & Helios Roditis PGI Illia Peloponnese, Greece Eric Bordelet PracticingRoditis Alepou, vines 35 years old, farmed organically on sandy clay. This is part of their low intervention range. Spontaneous fermentation in open wooden vats, with the skins for the first 12 days. Takes another 2 months for the ferment to finish. Then 4 months on fine lees. Mid, cloudy orange gold. Complex salty sour apricot nose. Bitter orange. Dry, gently tannic, lots of flavour but not obviously Roditis. Deep and chewy with a bitter fresh long