Cyprus’s most unique geological characteristic is the vast diversity of soils, even within the same field. Additionally there are no valleys on the island, just hundreds of slopes with diverse orientation. Therefore, instead of planting young vineyards on the sole terroir around our Winery, we managed to find older vineyards around the island (previously owned by viticulturists too old to carry on the profession) dealed, bought or rented them long-term, to assure that each & every wine we design is made from the best-matching terroir. All cultivations, maintenance & harvesting of the vineyards are conducted exclusively by hands, to guarantee quality control of the first material and personalised care of the vineyard, with minimum use of chemicals.
The vineyards that provide us with the grapes used for the making of our Wines & Spirits, situated in various medium & high-altitude wine regions of Cyprus, consist of vines up to one hundred years old. Even though there are many facts that compose the general methodology used in the production, the process is customized each year and designed around what nature provides us with. Just as nature evolves with the passing of the years, i.e. different climate conditions, rainfall, temperature and sunlight, our annual production is never a standardized process. Limiting possible production interventions to the slightest, our Wines & Spirits are defined by a natural finesse that reflects the gastronomical character that we promote & stand for.
Sustainability is another big part of our concept, as we aim to selectively exploit all vineyard & winemaking by-products, to create unique drinks and experiences.
I.e. the vine branches taken from the annual pruning process are used to delicately ‘smoke’ the harvested grapes destined to be distilled into Fine Spirits / we use all remaining skins of grapes and stems as fertilizers / we distil our Spirits in non-automatic old-school, forged-in-Cyprus copper pots, by burning wood responsibly foraged from the surrounding woods (for each Pine tree forested, we plant another 3) / all our old ‘Anama oak barrels are amazing & unique-in-flavour aging tools, within which we mature our Fine Spirits from six and up to fifteen years, etc.
