Brettos

Red, dry, local wine.

Vineyards: 900 kg per stremma. Located on the slopes of Mount Kitheronas, west of Athens.

Soil – Climate: Clay soil, mild climate (cold and humid winter and hot summer).

Varieties: 50% Cabernet – 50% Syrah (French varieties)

Harvest: 2008

Production: 25000 bottles 750ml

Wine Making: The grapes are gathered during the period of maturity and are transferred inside special cages to the winery. 65% of the grapes are wine produced inside stainless tanks under temperature control. The wine matures for 16 months in oak barrels.

Tasting Characteristics: Rich color, present and tasty tannins, aroma of blackberries. This excellent dry red wine is a regional wine of the Kithaironas slopes and it is offered to the seekers of pleasure. The famous Cabernet and Syrah varieties transfer their qualities of taste and flavour to create a palate of exquisite personality. Using the most up to date methods of wine-making but with respect to the tradition has produced this wine.

Food Pairing: Poultry, red meat, game

Best served at 16° - 18° C.

Andreas Sokos winery, has been in production for the last forty years in the region of Kitherona, renowned for thousands of years for the fine quality of it's wine, and his creations reflect the long - standing tradition of a careful selection of the best grapes and the blending of exquisite aromas which characterize this area.

The area is rich in mythology, based on the vine, and the Kitherona Mountain was where the god Dionisis - Vakou was worshipped in ancient times. Nymphs, satyrs and the god Pan dwelled in the caves of the mountain and celebrated by drinking the same wine as that which is produced today on the slopes of Kithairona.

Since then, wine has naturally been the central feature of Kitherona's major festivities and forty years experience in wine making are the basis for Andreas Sokos's belief that his winery has succeeded in recreating, in Kitherona, the exuberant and joyful mythology of Dionisis - Vakou!

Awards:
Thessaloniki 2005 Silver medal
Bruxelles 2004 Silver medal
Weinwelt / Olymbia 2004 – One Star