History of this label: The label is a painting of our lakes during a cloudy day, as Nimbus means cloud and Albus white. The Nimbus series are natural non-filtered wines, giving their hazy hue and an uplifting but soft and round feeling, kind of what drinking a cloud would taste like.
Total Production: 6500 bottles
Age of Vines: planted in 2010
Yields: 5000 kilos per hectare
Soil: Clay, sand and schist
Varieties: Malagousia-Assyrtiko (50-50% blend)
Vinification Method: The grapes are destemmed and the varieties ferment separately in stainless steel tanks (controlled fermentation temperature 18º- 21º C) with indigenous yeasts, no oenological substances added. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation. The produced wines were blended, racked from the very dense sediments and sur-lie on fine lees for three months in old barriques (225 liters each). No protein stabilization, only tartaric stabilization. The wine is skin maceration with a cold soak, before the fermentation for 2-3 days depending on the year in low temperature (5-8ο C).
Total Production: 6500 bottles
Age of Vines: planted in 2010
Yields: 5000 kilos per hectare
Soil: Clay, sand and schist
Varieties: Malagousia-Assyrtiko (50-50% blend)
Vinification Method: The grapes are destemmed and the varieties ferment separately in stainless steel tanks (controlled fermentation temperature 18º- 21º C) with indigenous yeasts, no oenological substances added. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation. The produced wines were blended, racked from the very dense sediments and sur-lie on fine lees for three months in old barriques (225 liters each). No protein stabilization, only tartaric stabilization. The wine is skin maceration with a cold soak, before the fermentation for 2-3 days depending on the year in low temperature (5-8ο C).
