Karanikolas Winery.
A family winery on the slopes of Aigialia. Five wines from our own mountain vineyards, set among the fir trees.
- Founded
- 1990
- Altitude
- 800–1000m
- Vineyards
- 5hectares
- Bottles
- 5
The place
Paraskevi,
Aigialia.
Fifteen kilometres south of Aigio, a road climbs through olive groves and plane trees and reaches a village built at 700 metres, Paraskevi, on the slopes that fall toward the Corinthian Gulf.
Our vineyards sit below a fir forest, in one of the highest and coolest viticultural zones in Greece. The grapes ripen slowly. That restrained ripeness is what gives our wines their acidity, their minerality, their length.
On the Slopes of Aigialia, between 400 and 1,000 metres, the indigenous Roditis Alepou and aromatic Malagousia grow alongside varieties like Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Mavrodafni.
The wines
Five bottles,
two ranges.
The Aetokorfes range (white, rosé, red) and the Vigla range (a Malagousia and an oak-aged red). All from the same vineyards, in two different moments.
Visit
At the
winery.
A stone building on a hillside in the village, with a semi-underground ageing cellar and a tasting room. The winery is open to visitors.