Ρετσίνα Κορωπίου (Retsina Koropiou)

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Rolling hills terrain, with vineyards on alternating hillsides from the coast up to 350 m elevation.
• Predominantly ασβεστόλιθος soils, locally sandy-clay-silty and silty-clayey.
• Mediterranean, xerothermic climate: no rainfall in summer, sea breezes, ~300 mm/year.
• Winter winds from the northeast of moderate intensity; in summer, seasonal μελτέμια prevail.
• Summer temperatures 25–30 °C, winter 10–14 °C; maximum in July, minimum in January.

• The Minoans were producing resin-treated wine as early as 1700 BC, while clay vessels from Myrtos date to 2200–2700 BC.
• The addition of pine resin to amphorae originally served to seal and preserve them, not to add aroma.

• The combination of ασβεστόλιθος, sandy-clay-silty, and silty-clayey soils with a Mediterranean xerothermic climate shapes the character of Retsina Koropiou.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• National product specification (PDF) — ypaat
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-GR-A1595
• Official trade body site — Wines of Greece (EDOAO)