2022 Aristotelis Ke Anthoula Little Red

WINEMAKER: Tony Zafirakos & Maddie Park-Neilson
REGION: South Pambula, NSW
VARIETAL: Red Blend
VITICULTURE: Organic

Hilltops NSW is one of those quintessentially Australian landscapes – a scorched countryside under blazing late afternoon harvest sun, bark peeling from gum trees, dusty red soil under foot and roos hopping past in the distance. So we decided this year’s Little Red would simply be made with ‘reds from Hilltops’.

About 10% of the fruit is destemmed and lightly crushed at the bottom of the tank, and the rest is all thrown in as whole bunches creating a natural carbonic maceration effect. The juice is drained off daily to control the tannin and stalk characters. The result is a super juicy red that loves a light chill and can function as a lighter option for cool weather drinking or pretty much the only red you’d want to drink on a hot day.

Aristotelis Ke Anthoula started as a family pastime. Having migrated from rural greece in the early 80s, Aristotelis and Anthoula longed for the feeling of home so they started making their own wine in a garage in the beachside suburbs of Sydney. From the beginning, all their wines were made entirely by hand (and foot) using only grapes, with no additives, no filtration or fining and no pumps or machinery.

All fruit is hand harvested and farmed with care. Our wines are still crafted from grapes alone with the aid of very little machinery. They are carefully made by hand and laboriously fussed over to extract maximum flavour and ensure they are high quality and stable. Natural, wild yeasts are used for fermentation, and there are no chemicals or preservatives added at any time. All of our wines are unfiltered and unfined and to this day we have never added (nor had a need for adding) any sulphur to our wines.