Aióra, which means hammock in Greek, was the ancient Greek festivity dedicated to God Dionysus and to celebrating the revelation of the annual wine. It was part of the three-day festival of the Anthesteria, where in a ceremonial way, on the first day, the villagers would open the pithoi (clay jars) containing the wine of the year and the first tastings would take place. On the second day the amphoras were filled and the aióra festivities would start, where, amidst wine pouring and rich dinners, young ladies would sing on swings and hammocks, hanging on tree branches.

The red wine aióra (swing) Mavrotragano amphora is a natural minimal intervention wine made of the grape variety Mavrotragano (100%), which is a native Greek variety originating from the coastal zone of the Aegean Sea. In this wine we have followed the natural wine vinification method, without the use of machinery, where the wine fermented in the amphora with the grapes and remained in the amphoras for about 12 months. The wine ferments with natural native yeast from the vine in traditional Cretan amphoras, while it is bottled unfiltered and with no addition of sulfites after 12 months of maturation in the amphora.

It has a sweet mediterranean aromatic character with sour cherry jam and black berries, dried fruits and violets, but also herbs like thyme and rosemary, while notes of fresh-wet soil will arise from the use of clay amphora. The mouth is full in volume, with balanced acidity and soft but intense tannins. In the mouth it is juicy with cranberries, sour cherries, dried black fruits, ripe blackcurrant with black pepper and leather completing the palate.