High altitude, new and aged

Kyperounda winery, in the Pitsilia area of Troodos, claims its gravity-fed winery, built on levels in time for the 2003 vintage at an altitude of 1,140m, is one of the highest in Europe. The winery owns a steep four-hectare vineyard around 1,400 to 1,500m above sea level, probably the second highest after a vineyard in the Canary Islands (1,700m).

At this altitude, nights can be so cool even in the hotter months of the year that the 70-plus year-old Xynisteri vines that supply Petritis are generally harvested in November.