GaiaAssyrtiko by Gaia Wild Ferment 2023

Product code: 19152
£33.30 inc VAT
Greece
White Wine from
Santorini, Greece
Country
Country: Greece
Region
Region: Santorini
Type
Type: White Wine
Winery
Winery: Gaia
Alcohol
Alcohol: 13.5%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Winemaker
Winemaker: Yiannis Paraskevopoulos
Grape
Grape: Assyrtiko
Grape: 100% Assyrtiko
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Country
Country: Greece
Region
Region: Santorini
Type
Type: White Wine
Winery
Winery: Gaia
Alcohol
Alcohol: 13.5%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Winemaker
Winemaker: Yiannis Paraskevopoulos
Grape
Grape: Assyrtiko
Grape: 100% Assyrtiko

Product Notes

Gaia Assyrtiko by Gaia Wild Ferment is an exceptional white wine produced in the volcanic island of Santorini, Greece. Made from 100% Assyrtiko grapes that are grown in the Assyrtiko vineyards of Santorini, this wine is a pure expression of the terroir. The grapes are hand-harvested and fermented with wild yeasts, giving the wine a complex, unique flavor profile. The nose is bursting with notes of citrus, peach, and sea salt, while the palate offers flavors of lemon, lime, and minerality with a long, crisp finish. It's a perfect match for seafood, salads, and light dishes. A true gem from Greece that deserves to be discovered.

Tasting Notes

A highly complex, aromatic nose and funky nose, with citrus notes combining with floral hints from the acacia wood, vanilla, toasty oak and a touch of smoke. The layers of wild ferment envelop this precise and dry wine which has a mineral and salty complexity to the tangy finish. This is a truly unique wine.

About the Winery

Gaia

The Greeks are known for traveling to various places and picking up knowledge from around the world. This rule applies to two agriculturalists, Yiannis Paraskevopoulos and Leon Karatsalos. Their love for wine took them to various wine-rich places of the world, where they learnt the tricks of the trade, before starting their own wine label, Gaia, in the year 1994. Since then, they have been doing all that they can to make the most of the two ultimate wine regions of Greece – Santorini and Nemea.

They started out with making white wines, but within a couple of years of inception, they expanded to creating red wines as well. These wines are produced from grapes grown in two vineyards – Nemea and Santorini.

Nemea – Located in the Nemea PDO (Protected Destination of Origin) Appellation of Greece. These vineyards contain vines that grow at different altitudes (250m to 850m above sea level). Officially recognised in the year 1971, this is the biggest vineyard in Greece right now. This vineyard is known for its limestone soils, warm summers and humid winters. The red varietal of Agiorgitiko is the main varietal grown here.

Santorini – This place is known for its unique ecosystem. The soil here is volcanic and porous in nature, because of the scorching summers and lack of rainfall all through the year. The Mediterranean climate of this place makes it ideal for growing one of the rarest and most indigenous white grape varietals of Greece, the Assyrtiko.

The winery in Nemea is located close to the Asopos River and gives a fantastic view of the Nemea valley. Currently, this winery can process 3060 hectalitres of wine, but it is equipped to handle more. The Santorini winery, on the other hand, is quite old as it used to be a tomato processing factory in the early 1900s.

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