Αυγή εν πηλώ

‘Avgi en Pilo’

Xynisteri

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Dry white

Can a minimal-intervention xynisteri exist without skin contact? This experiment explores the boundaries of extraction, revealing the full aromatic potential of Xynisteri while embracing the influence of traditional clay pithari fermentation.

Winemaker:

Fanis Pittalis

Assistant Winemaker:

Lisa Hengen, Jan von Lohr

BOTTLES

ALCOHOL

0 %

ACIDITY

0 g/l

2025

Αυγή εν πηλώ

Vinification

The grapes were carefully selected from plots where freshness and skin integrity could be preserved. After a night of cooling, they were gently crushed and placed with their skins inside Antonis’ old pithari, allowing the clay vessel to become part of the fermentation journey. The skins were carefully managed throughout eight days of contact before the wine completed fermentation in the clay. It was then matured in stainless steel, bottled unfiltered and without pumping.

Vinification Techniques used

Skincontact, Use of old traditional amphora

Ageing

Maturation In Inox

Αυγή εν πηλώ

Avgi en Pilo (Sunrise in Clay) was named after the moment when this wine seemed to capture the first light of day inside the traditional pithari. During fermentation, the clay vessel slowly transformed the wine, revealing a beautiful orange glow, just like a sunrise trapped within its walls. The name celebrates this meeting of earth, time, and transformation.