Atop the South-Western slopes of Koutsi, at an altitude of 650 m. we cultivate our Agiorgitiko vines with an eye toward the creation of a red wine of an exceptional personality and a great aging potential.
The yield of GAIA ESTATE’ s 25 year old vineyard is closely monitoring so that it remains low, never exceeding 56 hl/he. During wine-making, we extend the moment of extraction to its limit, giving the absolutely ripe Agiorgitiko grape the chance to express its powerful character at full strength. Afterwards, the new wine will mature for at least 12 months in new 225 liter French oak casks from the Nevers and Allier forests.
The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation during its first winter of aging. Ultimately, GAIA ESTATE is bottled directly from the cask without prior treatments such as chilling or filtration. In this way, we preserve the best of all the essential elements of our wine.
Analytical Standards :
|
Alcohol
(% vol) |
Acidity
in Tartaric acid (gr/lit) |
PH |
Gaia
Estate ’01 |
13,5 |
4,7 |
3,86 |
BEST OLD WORD RED GAIA ESTATE,
AGIORGITIKO,PELOPONESE,
GREECE 2000
The best Greek red wine at the London
Wine Fair, this has a deep colour from 40
days’ maceration, oak (50% new) still marked
on the nose, with ripe blackberry/black
cherry fruit and lovely length of flavor. It could
be kept for at least 10 years. Gaia Estate
has long been known for ots suberb white
from Santorini, and its prestige red is a triumph.
By Steven Spurier at Decanter
September 2002
Gaia Estate 1999 and 2000
Pricey but marvelous, these two wines
show Agiorgitiko at its very best.
Both are deeply flavorful with notes
of both red and black fruits, and both are
virtually perfect in how the fruit is balanced
by tannin and wood. The 1999 is a bit more
integrated right now, whereas the 2000
holds a bit more aging potential.
By Michael Franz Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Gaia Estate 1999 Nemea 2004-08
Oddbins branches.
Sweet, thick Greek essence made from the
local Agiorgitiko grape yet with no shortage
of acidity and ambition.
By Jancis Robinson February 24 2002
Financial Times
“A century of wines in this rich harvest from the high street”Reds Five-star value
Gaia Estate Red 1997. This is very serious red wine, and exceptionally good for the money. If it came from Napa rather than eastern Peloponnese and a more familiar grape than Agiorgitiko, it would cost three or four times as much.
By Jancis Robinson, Financial Times, 11-12 December 1999
Want value-for-money drinking over the next 12 months? Look to areas previously reserved for more everyday drinking, or those where fashion seems to suggest we should not go. The following are a personal selection :
Gaia Estate Red 1997
Wines Hugo Arnold 01 January 2000
WINE SECRETS
Most Underrated Red Wines
No, not a joke. Greek reds, especially those made from Xynomavro, Agiorgitiko and/or Cabernet Sauvignon, are among the Mediterranean’s great unsung wines. Look out for bottles of Gaia Estate.
Greek Reds Tim Atkin