Refosco is a difficult, demanding variety. If it manages to reach ideal ripening, it is capable of giving really big red wines. If harvested earlier, you should just better not try it. And in order to mature properly, it takes time. A lot of time and care.
Few producers have dared to engage in the cultivation and vinification of the Italian, originally from Friuli variety. Even fewer are those who have tried put their skills at a single varietal version.
On the slopes of Chortiatis, just outside Thessaloniki, in the village of Adam, the cool breeze of the mountain along with the two neighboring lakes of Koronia and Volvi, provide an ideal scenery, ensuring Refosco takes all the time needed to achieve the ideal level sugars and perfect phenolic maturation.
Dimitris Mastorgiannis Nikos Asteriadis, love Refosco and they love what they do. And they do it well!
Careful organic farming, very low yield per hectare not exceeding 500 kg / ha, harvesting the fruit by hand and very strict picking only of the best berries for Refosco 2012, their pride and joy! The precious juice remained in new French oak barrels of 225 lt for 14 months and then bottled unfiltered with the beautiful artwork of the famous artist Andreas Lymperatos on the label.
With exuberant nose, sophisticated, elegant mouth, but with the intensity and concentration waiting just around the corner, the Refosco 2012 Adam Wines is our favorite version of the Italian variety in Greece at the moment!
If you can afford to wait, you can leave it for 8-10 more years. It will get better and better ... If not, enjoy it now. It is excellent!