Producer Domaine de Kalathas

GREECE, TINOS

Domaine de Kalathas is Jérôme Binda's winery, located on the island of Tinos, within the Cyclades archipelago in Greece. In this setting of granite hills, Mediterranean scrub and sea, Jérôme's project was born twelve years ago, where he now practices the profession of vigneron, after abandoning the city and France. The Domaine has ten hectares divided between vineyards, fruit trees and native plants such as oaks, capers and mastic trees. The land is exposed to the north-east and cultivated according to the principles of agroforestry and permaculture to promote polyculture, traditionally practiced as a source of subsistence on the island. Within this project, the attention paid to the ancient native vines, which are still cultivated ungrafted on the island thanks to the very high sand content within the soil, is of great importance. Among the Cycladic varieties are Aspro Potamisi, Mavro Potamisi, Koumariano, Mandilaria, Rozaki, red and white Aïdani, Asyrtiko, Mavrotragano, Vidiano di Creta. Finally, the famous "creeping" vines typical of the island, grown without supports and capable of sustaining themselves solely thanks to sheep grazing in autumn, are very suggestive. Jérôme, together with his son Gabriel, makes wine with attention and respect for the territory, giving life to wines that share an accentuated salinity and flavor that speak well of the landscape that surrounds them. Mediterranean and fresh wines capable of representing the uniqueness of the island of Tinos.