My wife and I were having dinner a deux in a French restaurant
doing the French May promotion when I saw the sommelier bring this bottle to
the next table and offer the customer a glass as something special. I spotted
the Greek wine straight off and when the sommelier came to offer us the next
wine (we were having the menu de degustation with wine matching) I made
a comment about it. He offered us a glass each and true to his word, it was
special and definitely more interesting than the white wines from Southwest
France that had been on offer.
This wine from the volcanic island of Santorini was made from 100%
Assyrtiko. Whether it is because of a genetic resistance or whether it is a
matter of the volcanic soils, Assyrtiko are somewhat resistant to Phylloxera
infection and hence are self-rooted. Golden yellow with a sweet fruity nose,
extending to the palate overlaying it on top of a nice minerality,
it has a nice acid backbone which runs through to a clean finish. Looking
it up on the Web, it seemed to have met with a certain approval too: it was
given 90 Parker points.
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