On the 70 acres of estate, the vineyards have always had the first place.

At first, raisin trees were planted along with olive trees. With the collapse of raisin cultivation, the estate changed its form and switched to annual crops.

The vines from the hill

The current form was given by the land redevelopment of 1970, which included the eastern part, approximately 40 hectares, in the irrigated zone and cut off the western part, approximately 30 hectares, with a road, thus determining its use as an olive grove (non-irrigated).

With the water in the eastern part, vines and “trees” that provided income (apricot and orange trees) were planted, which today were uprooted and became vines again.

The oenologist examines for diseases

The varieties cultivated on the estate from the beginning were indigenous, mainly Fileri and Roditis, but also others such as Pavlos or Zakynthino, Violenti, Aetonychi, Mercoureiiko (a variation of Refosco that Mercouris was the first to bring and cultivate in the area) and since 2000, Agiorgitiko has been planted.

The main ingredient in the new Agiorgitiko

Due to this complex planting, in the compilation of the Viticultural Register, these different varieties, except for Fileri and Agiorgitiko, were characterized as white and black.

Today, Fileri has been replanted and more so Mavrofilero or Stavroto, Agiorgitiko has been expanded and a small area is also being cultivated, on a pilot basis with Merlot.

Mavrofilero

The vineyards with which we collaborate are in the same hydrological basin and at the same altitude, so that the microclimate is somewhat similar to that of the estate, and concern areas with Fileri, Moschofilero and Roditis.