Greek Organic Natural Wine Efranor – Sclavos Wines – 750ml

Greek Organic Natural Wine Efranor – Sclavos Wines – 750ml

Cephalonia is not only about Robola! The famous island of the Ionian Sea, with its long winemaking tradition, has other diamonds as well such as Moschatela and Vostilidi. Efranor of Evriviadis Sclavos combines both these varieties in an aromatic and special wine.

Sclavos is known for his natural vinification techniques and for the most terroir-driven wines of Cephalonia. Minimum sulfites and indigenous yeasts give his wines a very impressive imprint. Efranor does not differ from this philosophy. The ratio is 70% Moschatela and 30% Vostilidi. Moschatela gives its aromatic and elegant character, while Vostilidi gives acidity and structure.

On the picturesque island of Cephalonia in Western Greece, near the town of Lixouri, Evriviadis Sclavos set up his winery with the mission to create not only a unique operation, but to elevate the local grape varietals (Robola, Vostilidi and Mavrodaphne) to a whole new level, not seen or tasted before. He has embraced organic, and biodynamic viticulture practices since the late 80’s. In addition, his low intervention practices translate to the use of only natural yeasts, no filtration or fining, and recently the addition of concrete tanks.

Talking about wines with a sense of place, his are exactly that. Sclavos is meticulous, he has studied the soils and subsoils for decades, understands the relationship between soil and vine; he’s a true “terroirista”. Most of his vineyard in on rocky slopes, thus his famed, highly extracted Robola “Vino di Sasso” or wine of the stone. His ‘Metagitnion” white made by the local Vostilidi, is simply a huge wine, a blockbuster. Needless to say, these are intellectual wines, with a capacity to age

• Type: Dry White from Cephalonia Greece
• Varieties: Bostylidi, Moschatella of Kefallinia
• Year: 2021
• Alcohol: 12.5%
• Served: 8 – 10 °C
• Natural Wine

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