2009 Sigalas Assyrtiko Nychteri

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  10/18/2012 - Yiannis wrote: 88 Points

  Ultra-Premium Greek Whites (Le Petit Sommelier Restaurant, Athens, Greece): Sigalas's new flagship wine retailing at three times the price of the winery's regular Santorini. It was this wine's release that gave me the idea to organize this tasting, to compare this and T-oinos with other premium Greek white wine offerings. Expressive nose with roasted almonds, glue, citrus fruit, tropical fruits and minerality. Full-bodied, creamy-textured, big (the result of 30 months on the lees!!!) and sweet (high residual sugar content) with noticeable heat from high alcohol (15%), tremendous concentration and balancing acidity. Long aftertaste with heat. This is Sigalas's tribute to a traditional style of Santorini named nychteri (meaning the result of a process accomplished overnight) characterized by very ripe grapes (late harvest) and the use of old casks to vinify and mature the wine. Usually the end product was maderized to an extent but this is the only dimension of the traditional "nychteri" not adopted here. This wine received zero votes mainly due to the intense glue element that annoyed the tasters. A love it or hate it monster of a Santorini.

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  9/23/2012 - Dokken wrote: 91 Points

  This is the new project of top Santorini producer Paris Sigalas. Reserved but fresh nose that develops beautifully over time offering candied yellow fruit and perfume along mineral notes. Huge intensity on palate with high extract, full body and warm 15%abv, all well balanced by vivid acidity. Gives a sweet feeling because of high alcohol and few residual sugars(possibly less than 10). Impressive and powerful wine with a long nutty finish and great ageing potential.

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