BARBATUS

APPELLATION: Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Crete

TYPE: Red dry wine

VARIETAL COMPOSITION: Cabernet Sauvignon (40%), Syrah (40%), Merlot (20%)

Tasting Note

It has deep red colour with violet highlights. Nose with intense aromas of red and black fruit with chocolate and spice overtones. It is a mouth filling wine with round, silk tannins of high intensity, quality, and lingering taste.

• WINEMAKING
• VINTAGES
• AWARDS AND SCORES

• • Harvest: Handpicked from mid-September to early October
  • Traditional fermentation for 10-15 days in stainless steel tanks
  • Punching downs every 4 hours during the whole 24 hours to achieve a gentle extraction. Malolactic fermentation
  • Maturation: 24 months in French oak barrels 225 Lt (100% new)
  • Ageing: 24 months in the bottle before release

• 2013 Vintage

  ABV (alc by vol)	pH	TA (gr/lt)	RS
  14.8	3.63	6.2	2.6

• 2013 Vintage

  DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS – SILVER (92 pt)

  BERLINER WEIN TROPHY – GOLD