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Odd Blend

Odd Blend - Tranampelo - Naxos, Cyclades, Aegean Sea, Greece - natural white dry wine - Potamisi - Monemvasia - Aidani- Eklektikon

Odd is expressing the traditional paradox of planting red and white indigenous grape varieties in a single vineyard, aiming a field blend that after going through co-fermentation reveals a wine with multidimensional complexity. A tribute to local cultivating methods and winemaking practices with a contemporary point of view, a juggler’s cascade between tradition and modernity.

  • Grower: Tranampelo
  • Vintage: 2023
  • Type: White Dry Dry Wine
  • Grapes: Potamisi, Monemvasia, Aidani, Fokiano
  • Appellation: PGI Cyclades
  • Alcohol: 12.70%
  • Bottle: 750ml
  • Viticulture: Certified Organic
  • Vinification: Co-fermentation of red and white grapes with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel and 6-month aging on its own lees in stainless steel tank.
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Key Info

Viticulture

  • Certified Organic
  • Climate: Mediterranean, dry and hot summer and mild winter
  • Soil: Sandy clay, rocky
  • Vine age: Planted in 2002
  • Altitude: 120m
  • Slope: 5%
  • Planting density: 3,000 plants / ha
  • Yield: 1-1.5 kg / plant
  • Irrigation: None
  • Spraying: 10 times a year with organic preparations
  • Harvesting: Manually in crates

Vinification

  • Maceration: None (free flow)
  • Pressing: Vertical press for 3 hours
  • Temperature Control: Cold extraction before pressing, controlled fermentation
  • Fermentation: 2 months with indigenous yeast in stainless steel tank
  • Malolactic: Naturally completed
  • Maturation: 6 months on its own fine lees in stainless steel tank
  • Clarification: Bentonite
  • Filtration: Static filtration
  • Production: 3,000 lt
  • Alcohol: 12.70%
  • Acidity: 5.20 gr/l
  • RS: 0.36 gr/l
  • Total sulfites: 85.00 mg/l
  • Certification: Organic grapes
  • Bottle: 750ml

Winery

Dating back over 200 years to the early 1800’s, Tranampelo vineyard is located in a region of the island that was traditionally known as “Trana Ampelia” (or ‘Great Vines’) due to the intensity of wine making activities in that particular area of Glinado, Naxos.

A family ancestor, nicknamed “Kaloeros” was well-known among the local community as the last wine producer at “Trana Ampelia”. Fifty years later, in 2005, Makrydimitris family decided to revive the vineyard and gave the name “Tranampelo” derived from the original local name and the promise of the historic reputation of the area for wine producing.

Keeping in mind local winemaking methods and in harmony with the distinctive terroir of the island, the most representative indigenous grape vine varieties from Cyclades were selected to sustainably produce wines.

Region

Deep in the mists of time, the beginnings of the history of Naxos Town (Chora) are intertwined with mythical beings, legends and heroes that are later succeeded by distinct eras: Mycenean, Roman, Byzantine and the periods of Venetian and Ottoman occupations. Its many monuments speak about a splendid past – the most characteristic one being Portara, the imposing propylon, or monumental gateway of the 6th century temple of Apollo on Palatia, the islet by the harbor.

The archictecture of Naxos and the island’s architectural heritage, shaped by the different cultures of peoples and conquerors that set foot on the island over the ages, features a wide variety of monuments which reflect a rich folk tradition in the building of houses, churches and other edifices.

The overall picture of Naxos’ architecture fits the general style characteristic of the Cycladic groups of islands: White houses –with two levels at most and no surface being absolutely flat- built next to each other, their courtyards accessed via stone-paved alleyways and stairs. The island is marked by great variety: mountains with ravines, caves and gullies shade verdant valleys with olive, fig, orange, lemon trees and vineyards, abundant waters.

Nikos Kazantzakis, Greece’s foremost 20th century writer, once wrote about the time he spent as a teenager in Naxos’ fertile valley of Eggares: “If paradise was on Earth, it would be here.”

(Source: www.naxos.gr)