GAI'A Ritinitis Nobilis
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The Retsina of Greek antiquity developed its distinctive flavor from pine resin that was used to seal the porous surface of the clay amphora used to store and transport wine. Although resin is no longer needed to provide air-tight containers for wine, today it is added directly to the must during the fermentation process in order to achieve the signature flavor profile. The grapes for the Ritinitis Nobils are destemmed prior to crushing. Only the free-run juice is used for fermentation. A carefully calculated quantity of resin from the Pinus Halepensis pine tree is added to the must (less than 0.3 gr/L). After fermentation, the wine is clarified with bentonite, followed by cool stabilization (25°F) for controlled tartrate precipitation.