Mad wine - Assyrtiko (own-rooted, rather than on American rootstock, unaffected by Phylloxera - the soil is too poor), fermented on the skins with indigenous yeast, aged on the lees in clay spheres for four years. A modern recreation of the traditional amphorae in which wine has been aged and transported since Dionysus showed the Greeks how fermentation worked... golden in colour, with ripe stonefruit aromas, quite honeyed. The palate is dense and rich, very slightly grippy but soft and mellow, savoury and powerful. A gastronomic, complex wine, wonderfully unique. (JH 02/08/2024)

Producer

Gaia Wines

Origin

Pyrgos, Santorini, Greece, Eastern Mediterranean GREECE

Colour

white

Wine Style

dry

Dominant Grape

Assyrtiko

Closure Style

cork

Maturity

ready

Bottle Size

75cl

Case Quantity

6

Alcohol

13%

Wine Score