2014 Sigalas Assyrtiko Barrel Santorini

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  9/16/2023 - tcarter Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Wow! This bottle is drinking beautifully and punching way above its weight. Sad this was my last bottle...

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  7/10/2022 - rocknroller wrote:

  Summer Wines (Craig & Nita's Place): Deep golden color. Drank a glass over 40 minutes. This was the second bottle of this I've had. This was quite reminiscent of the previous bottle. I'm going to have to say definitively now, that I'm not really a fan of this style of Assyrtiko. It lacks the brightness and crystalline character that makes Assyrtiko what it is, and for me, what it is meant to be. There's a lot going on here to be fair; bigger in style, round though and not showing the acidity to really carry it through, rich with yellow apple, over ripe mango, lemon, oxidative in style, lacquer (think Lopez whites) and plenty of oak. I find it interesting, and probably on a cool Fall evening more desirable. Though i certainly didn't hate it, it was the wrong call to bring this on a hot summer day. I'll stick to Sigalas's classic and reliable Assyrtiko going forward.

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  2/2/2022 - ChristopherB Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Medium-dark yellow gold colour. On the nose, Santorini citrus-minerals combo, but also touch of NPR and oak. On the palate, the attack is frank, concentrated with the aromas found on the nose, with added nuts and Xeres type aromas as well as some peach mixed in with the nail polish remover. There is a good length of said aromas finishing on a bitter note. As it has some quite prominent oxidative notes, I think this is past its prime, and also, the nail polish remover aromas are quite strong. I was never as fond of this barrel version compared to the non-barrel version, and despite being savoury today, it is in its end of life.
  
  Somewhat better on day 2 and 3 - the nail polish remover becomes more discrete and lime aromas replaces it. Bumping up to 89-90.
  
  Yet another demonstration for me that the Sigalas wines currently are not as long lived as the Argyros equivalent, not that it necessarily matters. It was at its best young. I have one non-barrel version left of the same vintage which I will open soon.

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  3/4/2021 - rocknroller wrote: 90 Points

  Deep golden color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 2 hours. Fusil on the nose with apple, apricot, orange zest, oak, wool. The palate is round and full bodied, you can sense the oak and barrel fermentation, petrol, lacquer, candied apple, apricot, citrus, oily, wooly, baked pear. This was mindful at times of older Lopez whites and Chenin. Very interesting and fun to drink, but given the choice, I'd gladly steer to the regular unoaked version by a good margin for that crisp fresh style that really shows the grape and terroir.

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  8/22/2020 - jmw17 Likes this wine:

  Drank from fridge to 85 degree ambient temp on a hot summer night; deep golden hue; some oak on the nose and more on the palate but pleasant not splintery; 14.5% alc but showing no heat; flavors of champagne apples and chardonnay roundness; full body, well integrated and creamy texture. Acid in check Which is not a given for this grape. excelle t for the style, which is more burgundy/California than the typical ripping acidity of steel fermented Assyrtiko. This is a successful wine and likely to continue to improve.

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