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A-grafo Assyrtiko Ancestral

A-Grafo A-Grafo Assyrtiko Ancestral white - Kontozisis Organic Vineyards - Karditsa, Greece - Natural white wine - USDA Organic - No Sulfites

Crafted from carefully selected Assyrtiko grapes, it showcases the variety’s vibrant freshness and distinctive mineral character. Produced following the ancestral method, the wine undergoes a secondary fermentation in the bottle and is aged on its fine lees in the bottle for 5 months, enhancing complexity, texture, and aromatic depth.

  • Grower: Kontozisis Organic Vineyards
  • Vintage: 2025
  • Type: White Pet Nat Sparkling Dry Wine
  • Grapes: Assyrtiko 100%
  • Appellation: PGI Karditsa
  • Alcohol: 13.80%
  • Bottle: 750ml
  • Viticulture: Certified Organic
  • Vinification: Free-run, fermentation completed in the bottle and aging in the bottle with its own fine lees for 5 months
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Key Info

Viticulture

  • Certified Organic
  • Climate: Vineyards on flat topography, with humid microclimate.
  • Soil: Moderately 
deep sandy-loamy soils with low organic matter and neutral pH. 
Average water reserves, suitable for dry land farming.
  • Vine age: Planted in 2000
  • Altitude: 200m
  • Slope: Semi-flat
  • Planting density: 4,000 plants / ha
  • Yield: 1-1.5kg / plant
  • Irrigation: If required
  • Spraying: If required
  • Harvesting: Manually

Vinification

  • Maceration: None (free-run)
  • Pressing: None
  • Temperature Control: None
  • Fermentation: With indigenous yeast in stainless steel tank and completing in the bottle
  • Malolactic: Naturally completed
  • Maturation: 5 months in bottle on its own fine lees
  • Clarification: Manual disgorgement
  • Filtration: None
  • Production: 2,000 lt
  • Alcohol: 13.80%
  • Acidity: 5.50 gr/l
  • RS: 2.0 gr/l
  • Total sulfites: 7.00 mg/l
  • Certification: USDA Organic Wine, No Sulfites Added
  • Bottle: 750ml

Winery

Kontozisis has been practicing certified organic agriculture and organic vinification since 1991, one of the first to get such a certification in Greece. His long term commitment to organic practices shows his honest approach to sustainability. Andreas Kontozisis and his partner Aphrodite Tousia are working passionately with the area’s indigenous red grape, Limniona, among others, for which they have developed proprietary vineyard techniques to get as much concentration as possible from the variety’s large grapes. All grapes are hand harvested and pruned from the low-yield (28 hectoliters / ha) estate-owned vineyards of 11 ha. Kontozisis uses no press (only free run wines) and no commercial yeasts.

Region

Karditsa is a rural town in Thessaly, in the center of Greece. It is the bicycle capital of Greece, with many bicycle roads and many residents using them as their main transportation mean.

Its terroir is largely defined by the nearby Agrafa mountains, and the artificial Plastira lake. It is also in close proximity to the impressive Meteora rocks, which host the second most important cluster of monasteries in Greece.