Amphora Carmenere is our smallest production - we make about 1200 bottles of this wine per year.

The grapes are picked by hand from our oldes Carmenere vineyard, they are sorted by hand in the cellar and then naturally fermented. The wine then matures in the terracotta amphoras for 12 months before bottling. It is bottled without fining or filtering.

Our winemaker Nea got the idea for amphora wines while considering how to make the purest and most authentic wine possible. Her idea was to make a wine that would best reflect the terroir of our Carmenere vineyard.

Oak ageing is common in Bordeaux, and while Nea likes working with oak barrels, the barrels always give the wine some flavour, tannins and texture. Amphora, on the other hand, is a neutral container, but a porous material, just like an oak barrel. Thanks to the porosity, the wine breathes but retains a clean, authentic taste.

The wine is great to combine with food, especially tasty meat dishes such as tagines, slow cooked casseroles and barbecue food. Also lamb racks with chimichurri sauce. Check the recipe here!

Check out the technical sheets for each vintage by clicking the button below.