£46.44
per bottle (750 ml)
Straw blonde colour, with light shades of green and a subtle nose of citrus fruit. Excellent structure with a depth of flavour and an acidity which brings the flavors to the fore and adds freshness, with a lasting after-taste. The wine has the characteristic mineral taste, typical of the variety and the soil of Santorini. Petrol notes and honey-suckle appear as it ages. With the age of vines over 50 years, this is a wine with a great ageing potential of at least 6 years. Pair with fish and white meat with light sauces.
White
Dry
2019
14 ABV
Zero
Assyrtiko
Aegean Islands
Full Bodied
Grape
Assyrtiko
Assyrtiko is by far Greece’s most renowned white grape variety, associated most famously with the volcanic island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea. Following its notable success, it is now grown successfully all over Greece and beyond in Clare Valley, Australia, South Africa and California, being the first Greek grape to become international. It has developed a reputation as being a versatile grape variety, producing wines in a multitude of styles, from fresh, mineral white wines to oaked, worth keeping ones and from bold complex reds to rıch matured dessert wines, such as Vinsanto. Compact clusters of large, moderately thick-skinned berries, late budding and late ripening. Vigorous and productive, resistant to drought, disease and wind and capable of maintaining high acidity up to the final stages of the ripening period. In Santorini it is trained in the characteristic baskets, sitting close to the ground and named “kouloures” by the locals.
Producer
Sigalas
The winery was initially located in the traditional canava of the Sigalas family. In 1998, a new production, bottling and ageing facility was constructed, located in a privately owned area. Since then, and after continuous investment in modernization and expansion of the facilities.
